Background
Breann joined MPC as a research assistant in 2011, and was hired as an associate a year later. She works on the Regional Housing Initiative (RHI), Interjurisdictional Collaboration, and other Housing and Community Development programs. Specifically, she is assisting with coordinating the launch of the Chicago Regional Housing Choice Initiative, with the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development and partners.
A native of California, Breann moved to Chicago in 2010, to attend the University of Illinois-Chicago, where she completed a master's degree in urban planning and policy. In California, she worked for a range of nonprofit and socially responsible organizations, including the ACLU’s organizing department. She also spent a semester studying in Singapore, and a winter working to reduce health inequalities in rural India.
Currently, Breann lives in Uptown and balances work with her love of reading, swimming and brewing kombucha.
Articles
- DuPage County
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- Landings on Villa, Villa Park
Landings on Villa is a 16-unit development in Villa Park for persons with disabilities. Families will live in the active downtown Villa Park neighborhood that is a mix of uses: single-family, multifamily and commercial neighborhood. The site is only a short walk…
- Project-based subsidies available for rental property developers, owners through Regional Housing Initiative
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- To address metropolitan Chicago’s growing demand for quality, rental homes in attractive locations, developers and owners of rental housing near transit and jobs in Cook, DuPage, Lake, McHenry, and Will counties are encouraged to participate in the Regional Housing Initiative (RHI). Through…
- South Cook County (Chicago included)
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- Wentworth Commons, Chicago
Wentworth Commons, located in Chicago’s Roseland neighborhood, is a beautiful, 51-unit supportive housing development dedicated to assisting individuals and households who are formerly homeless and at-risk of homelessness. The development is renowned for its…
- North Cook County (Chicago included)
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- Emerson Square, Evanston
Emerson Square is a beautiful, newly constructed development located just a few blocks from the CTA Purple Line Foster station at 1600 Foster St., adjacent to downtown Evanston. The 40-unit development will consist of one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments that can…
- McHenry County
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- Woodstock Commons, Woodstock
Woodstock Commons, located in McHenry County, is a beautiful new development with one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments, a heated pool, tennis courts, and a business center. The neighborhood contains local shopping, entertainment, and employment opportunities…
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Areas of expertise
- Affordable housing
- Community development
- Housing Finance
Education
M.U.P.P., Urban Planning and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago
B.A., International Political Economics, University of California, Berkeley