ReStore Chicago

nonprofit home-improvement reuse stores

ReStore Chicago

Industry Repair

Habitat for Humanity Chicago's two nonprofit ReStore home-improvement resale stores in Chicago. It scores this way because donated-goods reuse, landfill diversion, and funding affordable-housing work are materially better aligned than ordinary home-goods retail, though the stores are fundraising retail rather than direct cooperative ownership.

Why this matters: ReStore Chicago adds two active Chicago reuse retail locations after Rebuilding Exchange evidence proved stale or closed.

Letter grade A Good Medium confidence (AI) Rubric gcd-rubric-v1

Final Score 56* A - Good

* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.

Base Material52
Bonus+4
Cap66No structure cap
After Cap56
Penalties0
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Evaluation Overview

A - Good

The score turns mainly on Ownership; no penalty currently dominates the evaluation.

Strengths

  • Ownership7/10
  • Extraction7/10
  • Solidarity with the Unemployed7/7

Penalties

  • No penalties applied in this version.

Evidence state

  • ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)
  • ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)
  • Linked claims8
  • Direct axis claims8
  • Coverage8/12

Scoring Axes

Axis Score Why this score
Ownership
?
Control rights: shareholder-dominated at 0, worker cooperative control at 10.
7 / 10

ReStore Chicago says its two Chicago locations are proudly owned and operated by Habitat for Humanity Chicago.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: WA/OR/IL A/B expansion calibrated against existing food-justice nonprofits, worker centers, environmental-justice groups, furniture banks, reuse stores, and conventional retail/service comparators.

Linked evidence
  • ReStore Chicago says its two Chicago locations are proudly owned and operated by Habitat for Humanity Chicago. [1]
  • context ReStore Chicago publishes active North and South Chicago store addresses and donation drop-off hours. [2]
  • context ReStore Chicago sells new and gently used furniture, appliances, home goods, and building materials while keeping goods out of landfills. [3]
Governance
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Binding decision authority: centralized control at 0, democratic stakeholder control at 10.
5 / 10

ReStore Chicago sells new and gently used furniture, appliances, home goods, and building materials while keeping goods out of landfills.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: WA/OR/IL A/B expansion calibrated against existing food-justice nonprofits, worker centers, environmental-justice groups, furniture banks, reuse stores, and conventional retail/service comparators.

Linked evidence
  • context ReStore Chicago says its two Chicago locations are proudly owned and operated by Habitat for Humanity Chicago. [1]
  • context ReStore Chicago publishes active North and South Chicago store addresses and donation drop-off hours. [2]
  • context ReStore Chicago sells new and gently used furniture, appliances, home goods, and building materials while keeping goods out of landfills. [3]
Extraction
?
Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured extraction judgment.
7 / 10

ReStore Chicago sells new and gently used furniture, appliances, home goods, and building materials while keeping goods out of landfills.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: WA/OR/IL A/B expansion calibrated against existing food-justice nonprofits, worker centers, environmental-justice groups, furniture banks, reuse stores, and conventional retail/service comparators.

Linked evidence
  • context ReStore Chicago says its two Chicago locations are proudly owned and operated by Habitat for Humanity Chicago. [1]
  • context ReStore Chicago publishes active North and South Chicago store addresses and donation drop-off hours. [2]
  • context ReStore Chicago sells new and gently used furniture, appliances, home goods, and building materials while keeping goods out of landfills. [3]
Labor Sovereignty
?
Worker power: coercive conditions at 0, co-determination or ownership at 7. Employee dissatisfaction matters only when source-backed evidence shows concrete limits on worker agency, such as coercive scheduling, retaliation, wage theft, harassment, unsafe conditions, suppression of worker voice, or extreme turnover.
5 / 7

ReStore Chicago sells new and gently used furniture, appliances, home goods, and building materials while keeping goods out of landfills.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: WA/OR/IL A/B expansion calibrated against existing food-justice nonprofits, worker centers, environmental-justice groups, furniture banks, reuse stores, and conventional retail/service comparators.

Linked evidence
  • context ReStore Chicago says its two Chicago locations are proudly owned and operated by Habitat for Humanity Chicago. [1]
  • context ReStore Chicago publishes active North and South Chicago store addresses and donation drop-off hours. [2]
  • context ReStore Chicago sells new and gently used furniture, appliances, home goods, and building materials while keeping goods out of landfills. [3]
Solidarity with the Unemployed
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Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment, and non-competes.
7 / 7

ReStore Chicago states that purchases, donations, and volunteering support Habitat Chicago's mission of healthy homes and thriving neighborhoods.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: WA/OR/IL A/B expansion calibrated against existing food-justice nonprofits, worker centers, environmental-justice groups, furniture banks, reuse stores, and conventional retail/service comparators.

Linked evidence
  • context ReStore Chicago says its two Chicago locations are proudly owned and operated by Habitat for Humanity Chicago. [1]
  • context ReStore Chicago publishes active North and South Chicago store addresses and donation drop-off hours. [2]
  • context ReStore Chicago sells new and gently used furniture, appliances, home goods, and building materials while keeping goods out of landfills. [3]
  • ReStore Chicago states that purchases, donations, and volunteering support Habitat Chicago's mission of healthy homes and thriving neighborhoods. [4]
Loss-Bearing Fidelity
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Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and public obligations.
6 / 7

ReStore Chicago uses resale operations to support Habitat Chicago's mission rather than distributing profits to private owners.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: WA/OR/IL A/B expansion calibrated against existing food-justice nonprofits, worker centers, environmental-justice groups, furniture banks, reuse stores, and conventional retail/service comparators.

Linked evidence
  • context ReStore Chicago says its two Chicago locations are proudly owned and operated by Habitat for Humanity Chicago. [1]
  • context ReStore Chicago publishes active North and South Chicago store addresses and donation drop-off hours. [2]
  • context ReStore Chicago sells new and gently used furniture, appliances, home goods, and building materials while keeping goods out of landfills. [3]
  • ReStore Chicago uses resale operations to support Habitat Chicago's mission rather than distributing profits to private owners. [5]
Market Conduct
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Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.
5 / 5

ReStore Chicago publishes active North and South Chicago store addresses and donation drop-off hours.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: WA/OR/IL A/B expansion calibrated against existing food-justice nonprofits, worker centers, environmental-justice groups, furniture banks, reuse stores, and conventional retail/service comparators.

Linked evidence
  • context ReStore Chicago says its two Chicago locations are proudly owned and operated by Habitat for Humanity Chicago. [1]
  • ReStore Chicago publishes active North and South Chicago store addresses and donation drop-off hours. [2]
  • context ReStore Chicago sells new and gently used furniture, appliances, home goods, and building materials while keeping goods out of landfills. [3]
Product Integrity
?
Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.
5 / 5

ReStore Chicago sells new and gently used furniture, appliances, home goods, and building materials while keeping goods out of landfills.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: WA/OR/IL A/B expansion calibrated against existing food-justice nonprofits, worker centers, environmental-justice groups, furniture banks, reuse stores, and conventional retail/service comparators.

Linked evidence
  • context ReStore Chicago says its two Chicago locations are proudly owned and operated by Habitat for Humanity Chicago. [1]
  • context ReStore Chicago publishes active North and South Chicago store addresses and donation drop-off hours. [2]
  • ReStore Chicago sells new and gently used furniture, appliances, home goods, and building materials while keeping goods out of landfills. [3]
Scale Integrity
?
Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.
5 / 5

ReStore Chicago sells new and gently used furniture, appliances, home goods, and building materials while keeping goods out of landfills.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: WA/OR/IL A/B expansion calibrated against existing food-justice nonprofits, worker centers, environmental-justice groups, furniture banks, reuse stores, and conventional retail/service comparators.

Linked evidence
  • context ReStore Chicago says its two Chicago locations are proudly owned and operated by Habitat for Humanity Chicago. [1]
  • context ReStore Chicago publishes active North and South Chicago store addresses and donation drop-off hours. [2]
  • context ReStore Chicago sells new and gently used furniture, appliances, home goods, and building materials while keeping goods out of landfills. [3]

Penalties

No penalties applied in this version.

Bonus Credits

Bonus Credit Why this credit
Openness to Dissent
?
Credit for tolerating internal, user, customer, worker, and public dissent without retaliation, capture, or viewpoint laundering.
1 / 3

ReStore Chicago gives donors, shoppers, and volunteers a practical route into local housing-support work.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: WA/OR/IL A/B expansion calibrated against existing food-justice nonprofits, worker centers, environmental-justice groups, furniture banks, reuse stores, and conventional retail/service comparators.

Linked evidence
  • ReStore Chicago gives donors, shoppers, and volunteers a practical route into local housing-support work. [6]
Constitutional Spirit
?
Credit for respecting constitutional rights and civil-liberties norms even where private law does not strictly require it.
1 / 3

ReStore Chicago connects reuse commerce with affordable-housing infrastructure in Chicago neighborhoods.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: WA/OR/IL A/B expansion calibrated against existing food-justice nonprofits, worker centers, environmental-justice groups, furniture banks, reuse stores, and conventional retail/service comparators.

Linked evidence
  • ReStore Chicago connects reuse commerce with affordable-housing infrastructure in Chicago neighborhoods. [7]
Good Deal
?
Credit for unusually fair value: durable quality, fair pricing, low lock-in, and clear customer surplus.
2 / 3

Habitat describes ReStores as selling donated home-improvement goods to the public at a fraction of retail price.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: WA/OR/IL A/B expansion calibrated against existing food-justice nonprofits, worker centers, environmental-justice groups, furniture banks, reuse stores, and conventional retail/service comparators.

Linked evidence
  • Habitat describes ReStores as selling donated home-improvement goods to the public at a fraction of retail price. [8]

Confidence Basis

Confidence Basis

Confidence is computed from the evidence trail and review state, not typed into the profile by hand.

Medium 75/100

8 verified linked claims 8 direct axis claims 0 disputed claims 8/12 components covered

This confidence label measures the source-backed evidence trail. AI-scaffolded scores remain tentative until human review.

Claim confidence 20/20

8 verified linked claims

Source quality 10/18

Best source per verified claim, weighted by institutional reliability

Direct axis-specific claims 9/18

8 direct claims across 12 active components

Dispute load 12/12

0 disputed claims on this entity

Recency 10/10

Newest accepted timestamp: May 16, 2026

Reviewer status 7/12

Human-reviewed components score higher than AI scaffolding

Component coverage 7/10

8/12 evidence-bearing components have direct support

Evidence State

Evidence State

Profile stateAI draft / human-pending
VerificationUnverified
ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)
ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)
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Claims and Sources

Claims are the evidence record. Each claim needs a source link, axis category, status, confidence level, and timestamp before it can support a score.

* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.
1ReStore Chicago says its two Chicago locations are proudly owned and operated by Habitat for Humanity Chicago.

Ownership Verified High confidence Human-reviewed

2ReStore Chicago publishes active North and South Chicago store addresses and donation drop-off hours.

Market Conduct Verified High confidence Human-reviewed

3ReStore Chicago sells new and gently used furniture, appliances, home goods, and building materials while keeping goods out of landfills.

Product Integrity Verified High confidence Human-reviewed

4ReStore Chicago states that purchases, donations, and volunteering support Habitat Chicago's mission of healthy homes and thriving neighborhoods.

Solidarity Unemployed Verified High confidence Human-reviewed

5ReStore Chicago uses resale operations to support Habitat Chicago's mission rather than distributing profits to private owners.

Loss Bearing Fidelity Verified High confidence Human-reviewed

6ReStore Chicago gives donors, shoppers, and volunteers a practical route into local housing-support work.

Openness To Dissent Verified High confidence Human-reviewed

7ReStore Chicago connects reuse commerce with affordable-housing infrastructure in Chicago neighborhoods.

Constitutional Spirit Verified High confidence Human-reviewed

8Habitat describes ReStores as selling donated home-improvement goods to the public at a fraction of retail price.

Good Deal Verified High confidence Human-reviewed

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