January, 2008

Uprooted

Table of Contents

• Disappearing Act By: Kimbriell KellySome blame gentrification and aggressive developers for pushing seniors out of their Chicago neighborhoods. > Read Article
  
  
• Methodology (Disappearing Act) Methodology for "Disappearing Act" > Read Article
  
  
• Activism brings options for displaced seniors By: Kimbriell KellySidebar for "Disappearing Act" > Read Article
  
  
• Exodus to the Suburbs? Chicago saw a net loss of 50,000 seniors between 1990 and 2006, while suburban Cook County and the five collar counties all experienced an increase in seniors. Calumet City, Des Plaines, Niles, Oak Lawn and Skokie were popular destinations for seniors who left Chicago between 2000 and 2007, according to a Chicago Reporter analysis. > Read Article
  
  
• Seniors on the Move These are the five Chicago community areas experiencing the highest percentages of senior mobility and growth in the development of condo units. > Read Article
  
  
• The Unwelcome Wagon By: Jeff Kelly LowensteinMiddle-class homeowners clash with newcomers who they say disrupt the community. > Read Article
  
  
• Service Connector Caseload Crunch By: Jeff Kelly LowensteinSidebar for "The Unwelcome Wagon" > Read Article
  
  
• Stereotype Busters Stereotype Busters for "The Unwelcome Wagon" > Read Article
  
  
• Exaggerated Impact Relocated public housing families using Housing Choice Vouchers make up no more than 3 percent of the occupied rental units in any Chicago community area. However, negative reactions to these families have been strongest in some communities that have received the most relocated families, like South Shore and Roseland. > Read Article
  
  
• New Additions Even in the 10 community areas that have received the most relocated CHA families, those families constitute a small percentage of all rental units. > Read Article
  
  
• Mixed Results By: Fernando DiazA landmark state initiative to improve immigrant integration presses on despite budget hurdles and bureaucracy. > Read Article
  
  
• One-Stop Shop By: Jennifer ChenThe state’s innovative center for immigrants and refugees provides better access to state and local services. > Read Article
  
  
• Beyond Chicago Illinois’ foreign-born population is increasingly calling Chicago’s surrounding counties home. Significant increases in the immigrant population in McHenry, Kendall and Will counties illustrate why the state is attempting to expand its reach beyond Chicago. The map shows the growth in the foreign-born population, based on those who reported having arrived in the 1990s versus those who came in the 1980s. The map does not represent the proportion of foreign-born residents to the rest of the population. > Read Article
  
  
• Melting Pot Illinois ranked fifth among all states in the number of immigrants arriving between April 2005 and April 2006. > Read Article
  
  
• Editor's Note: January-February 2008 By: Alysia Tate, Editor and PublisherFrom Writer to Civic Leader > Read Article
  
  
• Yearly Spending Spree By: Matt MillerJanuary/February spinoff > Read Article
  
  
• Evacuees Coming Home By: Aisha QidwaeJanuary/February spinoff > Read Article
  
  
• The Obama Effect on Local Politics By: Marine OlivesiJanuary/February spinoff > Read Article
  
  
• Youth Violence on a Decline, Despite Recent Shootings By: Matt MillerJanuary/February spinoff > Read Article
  
  
• Dreaming in Black and Green By: Marine OlivesiSouth Side activist educates others on green economy, and plans to create a sustainable village. > Read Article
  
  
• Candidates of Choice Each of the four frontrunners in the Democratic Primary for Cook County State’s Attorney fared well in different parts of the county. > Read Article
  
  
• Cooking Up an Historic Victory By: Jeff Kelly Lowenstein, Cristina Aguirre and Frances MoffettAnita Alvarez found a recipe for winning wide support in her triumph in the tightly contested Democratic primary for Cook County State’s Attorney. > Read Article
  
  
• Voterpalooza By: Jeff Kelly LowensteinNearly half of the more than 84,000 who’ve registered to vote in Chicago since September are younger than 30 years old. > Read Article
  
  
• Voterpalooza (Resources page) Click here for more helpful resources on the subject. > Read Article
  
  
• Young Voter Surge Chicago's roll of registered voters saw a big jump in the number of young voters. > Read Article
  
  
• Lost Voters, Lost Voices By: Jeff Kelly Lowenstein and Alden K. LouryThousands of public housing residents fell off the voter rolls in Chicago during the first eight years of the Chicago Housing Authority’s $1.6 billion “Plan for Transformation.” > Read Article
  
  
• From Concentrated to Diffuse As high-rises were demolished, large clusters of public housing voters have also disappeared. > Read Article
  
  
• A Faint Voice Getting Fainter? In 2000, low percentages of Residents of now-demolished Robert Taylor Homes and Stateway Gardens turned out to vote. Seven years later, they're not even on the voting rolls. > Read Article
  
  
• Falling Off The Rolls About 8,000 CHA residents who were registered to vote in 2000 are off the voting rolls. > Read Article
  
  
• Green Envy By: Cristina Aguirre and Karina Martinez-CarterDespite all the talk of Chicago as the green city, the city does not look all that green for some residents. > Read Article
  
  
• Listen to City Voices: January 2008 Listen to a discussion on the housing challenges facing many low-income seniors in gentrifying Chicago neighborhoods and “Disappearing Act,” the cover story in the Jan/Feb 2008 issue. > Read Article