Articles tagged 'Affordability'

January 15, 2020

Demolition Along 606 Halted For 6 Months As City Looks Into Impact Of Gentrification

SOURCE: Block Club Chicago
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January 15, 2020

Home Prices Along West End Of 606 Trail Up 344% Since 2012, New Study Finds As Council Seeks Solution

SOURCE: Block Club Chicago
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January 15, 2020

Affordable housing is vanishing as gentrification casts a shadow over The 606. City Council just voted to ban demolitions for 6 months.

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune
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Reports   January 15, 2020

Displacement Pressure in Context: Examining Recent Housing Market Changes Near The 606

This report goes “under the hood” of our Mapping Displacement Pressure in Chicago data to highlight how house prices are changing in the neighborhoods around The 606 and identifies potential opportunities to preserve affordability in surrounding communities.

January 7, 2020

Anti-gentrification ordinance would freeze development near The 606 for 14 months

SOURCE: Curbed Chicago
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January 6, 2020

City nabbing land near Obama Presidential Center

SOURCE: Crain's Chicago Business
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December 3, 2019

Gentrification, affordable housing and the fight for Pilsen’s public schools

SOURCE: Chicago Sun Times
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October 31, 2019

Using Data to Inform Community-Driven Decision Making in East Garfield Park

We are starting a new blog series that highlights examples of IHS technical assistance projects. In this blog we describe a recent partnership IHS worked on in East Garfield Park.

June 12, 2019

Mayor's New Housing Commissioner is Ready to Fix City's Affordability and Segregation

SOURCE: Curbed Chicago
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May 29, 2019

Housing in Chicago: Pushing Out the Poor?

SOURCE: Al Jazeera America
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