Articles tagged 'Rental Housing'
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.
Can a new housing development revitalize Bronzeville without displacing residents?
Housing rehabs could unlock wealth in Chicago's struggling neighborhoods
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.
Chicago's older adult population growing, becoming rent burdened: report
Minding, then mending, the ‘affordability gap’
Affordable Housing Is Rapidly Disappearing In North Side Neighborhoods, New Study Shows
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.
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.
