Articles tagged 'Affordability'

April 20, 2018

Chicago’s rental market is changing: more higher-income tenants, fewer two-flats

SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times
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April 16, 2018

Millennials more rent burdened than past generations

SOURCE: The DePaulia
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April 9, 2018

The number of 2-4 flat buildings in Cook County is at an historic low

SOURCE: Chicago Cityscape
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April 5, 2018

Shortage of affordable rentals grows in city

SOURCE: Crain's Chicago Business
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State of Rental   April 5, 2018

2018 State of Rental Housing in Cook County

The newest release of the State of Rental Housing in Cook County updates key data on changing rental demand, the supply of rental housing, and how these dynamics are affecting access to affordable rental housing for Cook County's lowest income households.

March 23, 2018

Obama Presidential Center faces pushback from Jackson Park residents

SOURCE: Washington Post
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January 31, 2018

Chicago activists stage dramatic protest against law prohibiting rent control

SOURCE: Think Progress
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December 20, 2017

606-style trail could speed gentrification in Pilsen

SOURCE: Crain's Chicago Business
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December 20, 2017

Under-Zoning Is Exacerbating Displacement Near The 606

SOURCE: StreetsBlog Chicago
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Displacement Pressure   December 19, 2017

Mapping Displacement Pressure in Chicago

In order to help support ongoing and future public investment decisions and guide practical and proactive responses to preserving housing affordability in surrounding neighborhoods, IHS developed an interactive tool that visualizes neighborhood-level displacement risk and housing affordability pressures across the City. The tool brings together housing market and demographic information needed to begin an evaluation of the potential displacement risk surrounding a proposed project and to help inform conversations about gentrification and displacement throughout the City.