Articles tagged 'Affordability'
More people are renting, but de-conversion & richer tenants are fueling a terrible affordability gap
2017 State of Rental Housing in Cook County
This 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.
These suburban Chicago markets have seen home prices rise the most
Home values in these Chicago neighborhoods are skyrocketing
Housing recovery lags other big metro areas
Goodbye two-flats, goodbye affordability
Some Chicago neighborhoods, suburbs still clawing back from housing crash
Can the Housing Market Accommodate an Aging America?
Every day 10,000 Americans celebrate their 65th birthdays. That has been the case since 2011 and will be the case until 2030, according to Pew Research Center. At that point, nearly one in five Americans will be 65 or older.How will the housing market respond as these Baby Boomers enter old age en...
Measuring the Impact of The 606
Measuring the Impact of the 606: Understanding How a Large Public Investment Impacted the Surrounding Community examines how the housing market responded to the development of The 606 linear park, Chicago's recent addition to the growing number of "rails to trails" projects nationwide.
2016 State of Rental Housing in Cook County
This 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. The report focuses on conditions in 2014, roughly two years into Cook County's housing market recovery, and compares data to pre-recession conditions in 2007 and conditions during the recession in 2011.
