Articles tagged 'community'

June 29, 2020

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.

March 16, 2020

With East Garfield Park Ripe For Gentrification, Residents Draw Up Blueprint To Protect Themselves

SOURCE: Block Club Chicago
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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.