Fall 2004 Is Chicago Ready for Opportunity-Based Housing?

This is the first issue of a two-part collaboration with the Leadership Council for Open and Metropolitan Communities, focusing on affordable and accessible housing options in Chicago.

The first issue reviews the history of affordable housing in Chicago and includes a feature article, by national housing scholar Professor john powell, about “opportunity-based housing”—a policy practice that locates and links affordable housing close to employment, healthcare, education, transportation, and cultural opportunities. Several cities, including Chicago, are attempting to implement this new housing model.

The Leadership Council is a 37-year-old fair housing advocacy group located in Chicago.

Articles:

	Letter from the Council by Lucretia A. Bailey
	Letter from the Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities by Howard Stanback
	Opportunity-Based Housing by john a. powell
	Opportunity vs. Affordability by Terri Johnson
	Immigration and Housing: The Growth of the Latino Community—Progress and Challenges by Juanita Irizarry Martinez
	My View: Housing Discrimination in the Muslim and Arab Communities—Post-September 11, 2001: Is This the Next Battlefield? by Anthony Simpkins
	Chicago’s Legacy as the Most Segregated City in the Nation—Has Anything Changed? by James Lewis, Ph.D.
	How to File Housing Discrimination Complaints
	Housing Lessons Learned: Conversations with Miriam Aptner and Timuel Black by Rita James
	My View: Behind the Seams by Heather Dalmage
	At the Intersection of Race and Income: Reaching for Stable Diversity in Homeownership in the 21st Century by Dan Immergluck
	Housing and Generation X: Are Young Adults Interested in Building and Living in Diverse Communities? by Elizabeth Dallman

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