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Tag: gentrification

Posted inHousing

Neighborhoods Gentrifying Fastest See Property Tax Skyrocket

by Hugo Balta December 11, 2022December 11, 2022

CHICAGO | Property taxes are up in Cook County; on average, homeowners saw an increase of 8 percent this year. According to an analysis from Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas’ office, taxes levied on real estate rose by 3.8 percent, to $16.7 billion, in 2021. The total amount billed countywide increased by $614 million over the previous […]

Posted inRace and Culture

Winthrop Family and Black Resilience on the North Side of Chicago

by Gayatri Reddy and Anna Guevarra November 2, 2021November 2, 2021
Posted inHousing

The Struggle for Affordable Housing Must Continue

by Charles Kyle November 2, 2021November 2, 2021
Posted inPerspectives: The Powers That Be

Given $1.2 billion budget shortfall, can Chicago still ‘afford’ Obama Presidential Center?

by Curtis Black September 11, 2020September 11, 2020
Posted inHousing

Activists Build Tent City To Show What Could Happen Without Affordable Housing Around Obama Library

by Maxwell Evans June 12, 2020June 19, 2020
Posted inPerspectives

A model to prevent a wave of evictions in the wake of coronavirus recession

by Curtis Black May 13, 2020May 13, 2020
Posted inGovernment and Politics

Is Lightfoot’s war on poverty too late to stop Chicago’s black exodus?

by Josh McGhee February 28, 2020March 3, 2020
Posted inPerspectives, Perspectives: The Powers That Be

‘Green gentrification’ and lessons of the 606

by Curtis Black January 30, 2020January 30, 2020
Posted inPerspectives

Why community-owned grocery stores like co-ops are the best recipe for revitalizing food deserts

by Catherine Brinkley September 18, 2019September 18, 2019
Posted inHousing, Perspectives, Perspectives: The Powers That Be

The real scandal behind Leon Finney’s downfall

by Curtis Black September 12, 2019January 29, 2020

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