For a century. Bronzeville suffered at the hands of Chicago’s long history of disinvestment and segregation. Dennis Rodkin uses the lens of real estate to report on whether the present and the future will look any different.

You’ll hear Zaheed Idowu share his housing journey. In the ’90s he said he’d never live in Bronzeville. But today, Zaheed has been a Bronzeville resident for 20+ years and a two-time home buyer. What changed?