Articles tagged 'Housing policy'
Will going "small" put a dent in the affordability crisis?
Creative solutions to the housing affordability crisis are popping up all over the country. Micro-apartments—the Tiny Houses of apartment rentals—are at the forefront, but they aren’t the only ones. A Norwegian architect/engineer living in New York City is attaching apartment pods to the unused sides of tall buildings. A designer...
How Will Chicago Use Its Land Near The Obama Presidential Center?
Community benefits coalition wants to include all the players, not just Obama Foundation
Millennials more rent burdened than past generations
Repealing the Ban: Activists, Legislators Wrestle Over Rent Control
Here's what's next in the push to lift the ban on rent control in Illinois
Building Affordable Housing Just Got That Much Harder
Finding a home that is affordable is getting a lot harder. Since 2005, the country has seen the largest increase of renters on record at the very moment that more than 10 percent of its affordable housing stock has been lost. And wages, especially for low-wage workers, have not kept...
Mayor talks blight removal at state conference
New Tools in the Battle to Preserve Affordable Housing and Prevent Displacement
In December, we released an analysis and interactive map to help Chicago communities better understand gentrification pressures and the risk of displacement in their neighborhood. The tool identifies areas where home prices have appreciated faster than citywide averages and where a significant share of residents is vulnerable to displacement. We recently...
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.
