By Harry Huggins December 14, 2015 for Medill Social Justice News Nexus Karen Boyd lives in a two-bedroom apartment in Hyde Park with her daughter and her brother. Five years ago, Boyd applied for a government-subsidized Housing Choice Voucher (formerly known as Section 8) that would pay two-thirds of her rent. She wanted a place… Continue reading Using or Losing Housing Vouchers in Chicago: A City without a Plan
Month: December 2015
How Mobility Workshops Try to Deconcentrate Poverty in Chicago
By Harry Huggins December 10, 2015 for Medill Social Justice News Nexus In a small conference room in a Loop office building every Tuesday and Thursday, an ebullient social worker spends one hour convincing five to 20 people that they can move their families to Chicago’s priciest neighborhoods. She spends the next two hours explaining… Continue reading How Mobility Workshops Try to Deconcentrate Poverty in Chicago
Scholars Assess Mixed-Income Housing and Income Segregation in Chicago
By Harry Huggins December 8, 2015 for Medill Social Justice News Nexus As former residents of Chicago’s public housing high-rise buildings sat in the front row inside the Newberry Library Thursday night, two community organizing scholars presented stories and research to show how the city’s decade-long push to fight concentrated poverty with mixed-income housing failed.… Continue reading Scholars Assess Mixed-Income Housing and Income Segregation in Chicago
Harry Huggins 