Act Now

We Need Your Help!
March 2010

Please support the National Public Housing Museum's federal appropriation request. 
We will be able to put 70 plus people to work immediately with construction jobs and upon opening will provide 30 full and part-time permanent jobs.  Additionally, our feasibility study projects that we will welcome over 60,000 visitors to the near West Side and the city of Chicago in the first year, generating revenue that will benefit the city and community.

- For a customizable letter to mail or fax to Congressman Danny Davis, Click Here:
NPHM_Appropriation_Support_Letter_March2010.doc (48 KB)

- You can also copy and paste the text from the above letter and then email it to the Congressman by clicking here

- Once you have sent your letter, let us know by emailing: contact@publichousingmuseum.org

 Thank you for your effort -
it is support like yours that will make the Museum a reality!

Congressman Danny K. Davis
2159 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515-1307
T: 202-225-5006
F: 202-225-5641

The Chicago Housing Authority has set aside the Jane Addams Homes site for use as a museum that would be run by an independent organization—now called the National Public Housing Museum.

The CHA will donate the building once the Museum forms a strong board of directors and identifies financing. If these expectations are not met, the CHA plans to demolish the building for future development. The estimated cost to renovate the building and create a thriving museum is $14 million.

The Museum’s Board and Steering Committee have raised money for the planning process, researched potential financing, and are in the process of determining how to develop the site. The Museum also obtained its 501c3 non-profit status in December 2007.

Now is your opportunity to help. We invite you to join us as we work to build a new, independent museum and center. We are looking for founding members with vision, skill, and energy who can help guide and promote this historic project.

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The proposed site for the public housing museum at 1322-24 West Taylor Street.
Photograph by Richard Cahan.}