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DePaul Professor: Second Wave of Foreclosures Coming, Need for Affordable Housing Grows

By Dimitrios Kalantzis

By Dimitrios Kalantzis, Contributing Editor, Lake Effect News Last month the Institute for Housing Studies at DePaul University released a study, which found a significant increase in Chicago rental vacancies, from 5 to 5.7 percent in the last year. Such findings seem intuitive. As the Chicago region’s unemployment rate rose to double digits throughout the recession, most recently... »

From Blight to Might, North Lawndale Residents Hope for Rebirth

By Chicagotalks

by Ashley Braden July 22, 2008 – A group of North Lawndale residents and others interested in helping the struggling West Side neighborhood will meet July 22 to develop a plan to bring a grocery store, library and more housing to the area. The Lawndale Corridor Development Initiative, a project aimed at community development and... »

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