The condos, some of which will be built on land donated by a neighbor, are a first for the group, which received $1 million in federal funding for the Cortland project from Rep. Delia Ramirez.

LOGAN SQUARE — Northwest Side families struggling to stay in the area will soon have more long-term housing options with two separate residential condo projects launched by Logan Square’s community land trust group.

The Here to Stay Community Land Trust, a group that helps younger families with roots on the Northwest Side become homeowners at a below-market rate, broke ground on its first condo building last week. It will bring six condos to an empty lot at 2638 W. Cortland St. donated by neighbor Tom Wilkinson.

Later this month, the trust will welcome six more condos at 1508 N. Harding Ave. in Humboldt Park, a building the land trust bought and has worked to renovate to increase housing stock in the gentrifying area. In the future, the group plans to turn an old coach house on the property into four more condos once more funding comes through to complete renovations, said Bhaskar Manda, Here to Stay board director and a member with Palenque LSNA. Visit Block Club Chicago for full details!