The Two-Generation Housing and Neighborhood Study is examining the experiences of adults and children in low-income households that have received Housing Choice Vouchers (Section 8) and have moved into low-poverty, resource rich communities in Chicago and suburban Cook County. The intent of this research is to fill the knowledge gap that exists about understanding the experiences of these families in these kinds of neighborhoods and identify what policy interventions and support will best serve them.
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The Center for Urban Research and Learning (CURL) worked with Organizing Neighborhoods for Equality: Northside (ONE Northside) on a participatory research project to further document and analyze the Organization of the NorthEast (ONE) and Lakeview Action Coalition (LAC) merger process that created ONE Northside. The impact of the merger is of interest not only to researchers and policy makers focusing on non-profit organizations, but also to other similar organizations seeking to be more effective in their advocacy impact and their financial efficiency. Outcomes of this merger have implications for other organizations in Chicago and the nation.
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Following up on the Saving Our Homes research that was completed in 1996, this report provides the “stories” of successful organizing to preserve 10 Uptown high-rise buildings as affordable housing when they were threatened with going market rate prices.
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CURL did a survey of diverse communities around the country. It was an update to the 1998 research on sustainable and stable diverse communities in the United States (The Emergence of Stable Racially and Ethnically Diverse Urban Communities: A Case Study of Neighborhoods in Nine U.S. Cities). A presentation was made at Colorlines Conference at the Kennedy School of Public Policy at Harvard University in 2003.
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