Articles tagged 'Affordability'
Scaled-Back Plan to Legalize Coach Houses, Granny Flats Advances
The pandemic has made it even harder for some Chicago residents to access clean water
Building Community Data Capacity: Developing a Model to Preserve Affordable Housing in Uncertain Times
IHS provides data and technical assistance for Communities United (CU)— a community-based organization based in Albany Park which also serves Austin, Belmont-Cragin, Roseland, and West Ridge, on the Northwest, West, and South sides of Chicago— and its housing initiative Renters Organizing Ourselves to Stay (ROOTS). This blog highlights some of this work and how it has been used by Communities United.
Hyde Park residents’ jobs among the most at risk from COVID, study finds
New coalition takes aim at displacement
Examining the Neighborhood-Level Housing Impact of COVID-19 in Chicago: A Preliminary Analysis
To support Chicago-area housing and community development practitioners as they think through the need for housing and place-based interventions, the Institute for Housing Studies (IHS) has created a new analysis to highlight the potential economic impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on households with workers in occupations more vulnerable to mass layoffs.
