Chicago Reporter (https://www.chicagoreporter.com/tag/housing/)
After years of unfulfilled promises and inadequate housing initiatives, it’s time for elected officials to get serious about integrating the city.
For nearly a century, aldermanic prerogative has stymied the development of affordable housing by creating a patchwork of zoning control unique to Chicago.
The “model minority” stereotype masks the diversity of experiences and racial inequities faced by the city’s Asian Americans, as detailed in a new report.
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.
When he started his first term in 1983, the city’s first black mayor brought a new approach to governing by refusing to play the boss.
Many of the city’s racial disparities in 2018 are all too similar to those of 1968, when a federal commission analyzed the causes of racial tensions in cities across the country.
The Chicago Transit Authority’s hybrid proposal lowers the number of privately owned properties that would need to be acquired, but residents still have mixed feelings on how the project could affect them economically.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s campaign in the north sought to bridge the civil rights movement with labor organizing.
Residents feel shut out of the decision that puts the future of senior housing, youth programs and other services at stake.
The city is overdue for rent stabilization measures that would help stem gentrification and displacement.