(2003)
The following four essays were written in response to the need for frank and open discussion regarding the future of affordable housing in the Chicago region. These essays came about through a collaborative project of Roosevelt University’s Institute for Metropolitan Affairs and the Center for Urban Research and Learning at Loyola University Chicago, and their community partners called Housing Affordability Research Consortium (HARC).
Download Report Affordable Housing in the Chicago Region: Perspectives and Strategies
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(2002)
In collaboration with Organization of the NorthEast (ONE) CURL set out to compile a thorough account of changes within the community and how those changes were affecting their respective constituents. The report is organized into three broad sections. First, a brief history of Uptown is provided to give readers a context for the setting of the study. Second, changes are examined that occurred in key demographic, housing and land use variables between 1990 and 2000. Finally, a variety of maps, graphs, and tables, to be found in the appendix, are used in presenting a more detailed picture of the community area.
Download Final Report The Uptown Housing and Land Use Study
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(2001)
In collaboration with the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA), CURL researchers and public housing leaders identified a baseline of social service usage and consumer evaluation of services within or near Lathrop Homes and Henry Horner Homes. The data was used to help the CHA and and its service providers plan for future service provision.
Download Report An Evaluation of Service Use and Satisfaction at Lathrop Homes and Henry Horner Homes
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(2001)
Since its founding in 1985, Deborah’s Place has provided shelter, food, resources, and support to women in Chicago who are homeless or formerly homeless. Listening to the voices of current and former participants, staff, volunteers, and board members, this report attempts to capture the essence of the relationships of those women who built or participated in Deborah’s Place.
Download Report It's OK Here: A History of Deborah's Place, An Organization Serving Women Who are Homeless or Formerly Homeless in Chicago, 1985-2000
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(2000)
While there have been improvements over the last thirty-five years in housing opportunities for people of color in the Chicago region, African- and Hispanic-Americans are still concentrated in neighborhoods of weak economic health. Continued racial and ethnic segregation has continuing implications for the social, political, cultural, and economic vitality of Chicago region. This report presented to the Human Relations Foundation of Chicago demonstrates the reality of such concentrations, and analyzes why they persist.
Download Report Housing Discrimination and Economic Opportunity in the Chicago Region: A Report to the Human Relations Foundation of Chicago
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(1996)
In collaboration with Organization of the NorthEast (ONE) a community organizing group on Chicago’s north side, CURL worked to produce a study of nine affordable housing buildings in Uptown and the tenants’ and community organizations’ efforts to keep the housing affordable. The research process included open-ended interviews with community leaders and close-ended resident surveys in eight sample blocks in Edgewater and Uptown along with less-structured interviews with additional residents on these blocks. The interviews touch on a wide variety of issues, but a primary focus was to gain an understanding of racial, ethnic, and social class conflict and cooperation in the two communities.
Download Final Report Saving Our Homes: The Lessons of Community Struggles to Preserve Affordable Housing in Chicago's Uptown
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