The Illinois Housing Lab has released a new Gentrification Index tracking socioeconomic change across Chicago’s communities over five decades, from 1970 to 2019. The index provides a systematic, data-driven portrait of neighborhood change in Chicago — documenting where and how communities have transformed over time and what those changes mean for residents and policymakers. Andrew […]

The Illinois Housing Lab has published a new report examining housing code enforcement as a policy tool for promoting safe, equitable, and affordable housing. Drawing on the Lab’s ongoing research into code enforcement practices in Illinois, the report explores how enforcement systems operate across different communities and what the evidence tells us about their implications […]