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This is the second in a series of posts discussing long-term residential vacancy in Chicago and suburban Cook County. For the first post in this series, click here. The first post in this series, Understanding vacancy: Patterns of long-term vacancy in Cook County, discussed why a residential address may become vacant and how properties that...

This is the first in a series of posts exploring patterns of residential vacancy in the City of Chicago and in suburban Cook County. This post includes a discussion of local patterns of long-term residential vacancy, some of the negative outcomes associated with it, and establishes a context in which to better...

Our mission at IHS is to provide reliable, impartial, and timely data and research that informs housing policy decisions as well as discussions about the state of housing in the Chicago region and nationally. The IHS blog is another way we connect our research and data to housing practitoners and the public and illustrate...