Clara’s Village

Stable Housing for Underserved Residents

The Clara’s Village project consists of five buildings on five independent sites in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood. Four of these buildings are six-flat residential units and the fifth is a mixed-use building with 28 apartment dwellings. Farr Associates worked with Interfaith Housing Development Corporation to provide safe, clean, and stable affordable housing options for formerly homeless families in which parents are in recovery from chronic substance abuse.

Key features of the buildings include the use of domestic solar hot water, which uses solar energy to assist in radiant heating. Additionally, the project has been through the City of Chicago’s rigorous Green Permitting Program, achieving the city’s highest “green” level of 3 stars.