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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…

What We’re Reading: May 4th

Lauren Dean May 4, 2017 May 4, 2017Further Reading
Shelves of books in a library This week, we’re reading about the pervasiveness of homelessness in Chicago and the forces that exacerbate it, how the federal health care debate impacts special education, and gun violence in Chicago. 1. Rahm Emanuel postpones briefings on CPS rescue :…

Contract Selling is “Racially targeted disinvestment”

Sarah Rothschild March 20, 2017 May 11, 2017Housing
A Chicago bungalow with boarded up windows For people who thought the housing crisis was behind us, a drive through Englewood, North Lawndale or Austin will quickly dispel that rosy notion, as a recent investigative report in the Chicago Reader explains. These communities are among many in…

Students with Incarcerated Parents

Sarah Rothschild August 4, 2016 May 11, 2017Justice, Schools
The Illinois prison population has doubled in the last twenty-five years, mostly due to the “war on drugs,” and incarceration rates tend to be concentrated in high-poverty communities. CPS does not have enough social workers or counselors to help students…
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