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Education cannot be the “great equalizer” when unaffordable housing is an insurmountable barrier

Sarah Rothschild June 6, 2018 September 20, 2019Housing
The Chicago region’s homes are under water and it is not due to the annual flooding from the Des Plaines River. A new analysis from Zillow shows that Chicago ranks 2nd in the nation for the most homes that owe…

Homeownership as social inequality

Lauren Dean June 5, 2017 June 5, 2017Housing
A Chicago bungalow with boarded up windows Pulitzer Prize-winning sociologist Matthew Desmond recently published a piece in the New York Times Magazine outlining how flawed federal tax policies prop up home prices while leaving renters without the help they need to stay in their homes. The biggest…
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