Despite a court order for victims to be compensated, many have yet to see the money they lost to Chicago businessman Mark Diamond’s scheme.
Employment and Labor
Chicago is the fastest shrinking major metro area
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Black and low-income residents continue to move out, but unlike other groups, a majority of African-Americans exiting the Chicago area didn’t have a job when they left.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Ald. Joe Moore backs developer over displaced tenants in Rogers Park
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The City Council housing committee chairman went above and beyond his record of siding with landlords by filing an affidavit supporting a building owner who has donated thousands to his campaign.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
To preserve SRO’s as affordable housing, Chicago needs to step it up
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Recent efforts to preserve three single-room occupancy hotels in Uptown reveal the city’s lukewarm commitment to maintaining them as a safety net for low-income tenants.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
The mayoral housing forum that almost wasn’t
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The conversation on affordable housing in Chicago is changing, especially among mayoral candidates, but the realtors lobby still holds great sway.
Perspectives
Analysis: African-Americans pay more for rent, especially in white neighborhoods
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Black-led households are charged more for identical housing in the same neighborhood than their white counterparts and this rent premium increases as neighborhoods get whiter, according to a recent study.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Bringing more affordable housing to Chicago requires policy, not politics
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After years of unfulfilled promises and inadequate housing initiatives, it’s time for elected officials to get serious about integrating the city.
Perspectives
How aldermen maintain segregation in Chicago
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For nearly a century, aldermanic prerogative has stymied the development of affordable housing by creating a patchwork of zoning control unique to Chicago.
Housing
Few Puerto Rican evacuees in Chicago have benefited from FEMA shelter program
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In the wake of Hurricane Maria, critics say poor administration hampered the Transitional Shelter Assistance (TSA) program in Illinois, creating confusion and missed opportunities for survivors looking for housing.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Amazon headquarters could make Chicago’s housing crisis worse
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The city is overdue for rent stabilization measures that would help stem gentrification and displacement.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
What it’ll take to root out discriminatory property taxes in Cook County
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Fritz Kaegi is challenging Assessor Joe Berrios over an opaque system found to overtax low-income neighborhoods.