Articles tagged 'Rental Housing'

August 15, 2022

IHS Convenes Stakeholders to Discuss Older Adult Housing Needs

This blog discusses highlights from IHS's May 2022 convening of a diverse group of participants including affordable-housing advocates, the aging-in-place community, housing developers, community groups, government agencies and others to discuss the implications of IHS's recent report Housing Needs and Economic Conditions of Cook County’s Older Adults.

July 27, 2022

Can a new housing development revitalize Bronzeville without displacing residents?

SOURCE: City Bureau and Chicago Reader
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April 8, 2022

Housing rehabs could unlock wealth in Chicago's struggling neighborhoods

SOURCE: Crain's Chicago Business
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Displacement Pressure   February 23, 2022

Mapping Displacement Pressure in Chicago, 2021

IHS’s Mapping Displacement Pressure in Chicago project supports ongoing and future public investment decisions by creating a leading indicator to identify neighborhoods where vulnerable populations may be experiencing affordability pressures and displacement risk from increased housing costs.

December 14, 2021

Chicago's older adult population growing, becoming rent burdened: report

SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times
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November 30, 2021

Minding, then mending, the ‘affordability gap’

SOURCE: Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest
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October 1, 2021

Affordable Housing Is Rapidly Disappearing In North Side Neighborhoods, New Study Shows

SOURCE: Block Club Chicago
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State of Rental   September 30, 2021

2021 State of Rental Housing in Cook County

The newest release of the State of Rental Housing in Cook County updates key data on changing rental demand, the supply of rental housing, and how these dynamics affect access to affordable rental housing for Cook County's lowest income households.

Reports   September 22, 2021

The Preservation Lab Releases New Resources to Support NOAH Preservation Strategies

Chicago’s diverse stock of naturally occurring affordable housing (NOAH) faces a variety of challenges. A new report and resource clearinghouse from The Preservation Lab, an initiative co-led by the Institute for Housing Studies and The Preservation Compact, documents the risks and pressures facing NOAH buildings, owners, and tenants in different market contexts and provides resources and guiding principles to assist community stakeholders in developing tailored NOAH preservation strategies.

September 17, 2021

How much affordable housing is Chicago willing to sacrifice to aldermanic prerogative?

SOURCE: Streetsblog Chicago
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