Rishab Mehan: A Community-Focused Approach to Redeveloping the

Rishab Mehan: A Community-Focused Approach to Redeveloping the Sites of Chicago's Former Public Housing

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Rishab Mehan is the Director of Development Planning at the Chicago Housing Authority. His main priorities are working with and for communities in Cabrini-Green and along South State Street to plan and implement redevelopments on underutilized public land. Rishab previously worked as a housing policy planner in Toronto.

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