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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CURL is working in partnership with the Center for Health Equity and Innovation and Cook County Health to facilitate an evaluation of the Flexible Housing Project (FCP) program. The Flexible Housing Pool (FHP), coordinated by Chicago Center for Housing and Health addresses health and housing aims to decrease utilization of emergency services and hospitalizations by connecting people to stable housing and the supportive services they need in order to improve health outcomes.
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We are working with Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing (LCBH) to understand Chicago’s eviction crisis. Using mapping, quantitative analysis, and qualitative interviews, we have identified the communities hardest-hit by eviction and modeled the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on evictions.
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This project is an evaluation of an expandable and replicable private/public partnership pilot project to maximize health care coordination for pregnant and parenting mothers residing in supportive housing, a population that has experienced the complex health impact of homelessness. This is in collaboration among Housing Opportunities for Women (HOW), the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) and Loyola University's Center for Urban Research and Learning (CURL).
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CURL worked with the Jane Addams Senior Caucus (JASC) to develop the Jane Addams Senior Housing Bill of Rights. The project spanned 12 months and engaged over 250 seniors in a participatory process to identify key concerns and solutions in senior housing in Chicago.
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The Center for Urban Research and Learning (CURL) at Loyola University Chicago, by invitation of the Center for Housing and Health, conducted interviews with clients who participated in the City’s Chronic Homeless Pilot Project.
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Loyola University Chicago sociologist Peter Rosenblatt served as the lead researcher on a CURL project to examine a security deposit assistance program in Milwaukee that used the incentive to encourage low-income residents to move to higher opportunity, lower poverty neighborhoods.
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In a partnership with the Chicago Alliance to End Homelessness and other service and advocacy organizations, the Loyola University Chicago Center for Urban Research and Learning (CURL) and photographer Noah Addis organized this exhibition to present positive images of individuals moving from homelessness to housing. The exhibition confronts the dominant stereotypes that homeless individuals are helpless street beggars or that organizations serving them are just providing handouts without addressing long-term solutions.
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The AIDS Foundation of Chicago has two projects: Samaritan Program and Medicaid Housing in which they have been collecting data and conducting client surveys every six months to measure the impact of the harm reduction approach.
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