Articles tagged 'The 606 Trail'
Can high-profile park projects, catalysts for development, play nice with neighboring communities?
Joining Forces to Help Communities Prepare for Change
In December of last year, the Institute for Housing Studies released a new tool that helps neighborhoods in Chicago plan for change. We heard quickly from community groups about how helpful the data and planning tools were to their efforts to plan for and respond to gentrification or its counterpart,...
Gentrification pushback: City could pay homeowners in hot areas not to sell
Proposed development along 606 trail highlights tension over rising rents and home prices
606-style trail could speed gentrification in Pilsen
Under-Zoning Is Exacerbating Displacement Near The 606
The “606 Effect” on Housing Prices Is Real, and Threatens to Displace Residents
Mapping Displacement Pressure in Chicago
In order to help support ongoing and future public investment decisions and guide practical and proactive responses to preserving housing affordability in surrounding neighborhoods, IHS developed an interactive tool that visualizes neighborhood-level displacement risk and housing affordability pressures across the City. The tool brings together housing market and demographic information needed to begin an evaluation of the potential displacement risk surrounding a proposed project and to help inform conversations about gentrification and displacement throughout the City.
