Comparing the Chicago vacant building dataset with HUD/USPS data shows substantial differences in the number of units reported, although those may be largely the result of the differences in the reporting criteria for the two datasets. Despite the differences...
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A woman who lives nearby says that people still live there (“squatters’ rights”). After the housing crisis, says the woman (she declined to give her name), “people had no place to go so they moved in wherever they could...
This year, all hell has broken loose in downtown Chicago. Years of under-hiring have resulted in a police force that is unprepared for wildings and gang violence. Moreover, concealed carry in Chicago is illegal, unless one follows the Constitution....
Register for a training on Tuesday, December 9 “We are excited to make our data more widely available to a broad range of users with the launch of the new interactive map and data compendium,” said Dory Rand, President...
But the recession, which stifled construction all over the city, hit the South Side the hardest, a Tribune analysis of building permit data shows. Between 2006 and 2013, neighborhoods south of the Stevenson Expressway posted an 84.3 percent decline...
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says he plans to introduce legislation to get banks and mortgagees to better maintain the vacant properties. He wants to double the number of nonprofit land banks that can buy abandoned and foreclosed...
He wants to double the number of nonprofit land banks that can buy abandoned and foreclosed homes and rehab or demolish them, HousingWire reports. New York isn’t alone in being haunted by the “zombie property” epidemic. As of mid-2013,...
According to a recent report from the Woodstock Institute, if the trend continues, there will be an additional 7,200 zombie properties in Cook County, including nearly 3,200 in the city of Chicago, by 2015. “Zombie properties will make it...
The goal was to provide two families with housing once renovations were complete. But soon the developer discovered a host of issues. Because the water had not been turned off, the basement had flooded, the roof needed to be...