The Metropolitan Planning Council reports below have been developed to provide information that illustrates regional housing needs and trends and highlights innovative policy solutions.
Home Grown: Local Housing Strategies in Action, 2006
Metropolitan Planning Council, Metropolitan Mayors Caucus, Chicago Metropolis 2020
Rolling Meadows: Preserving Local Housing Options in the Path of Redevelopment, 2006
Metropolitan Planning Council
Accommodating the Housing Needs of of a Growing Region: An Update for 2007 Metropolitan Planning Council
Sensible Tools for Healthy Communities, 2004
Campaign for Sensible Growth
Strength in Numbers: Building Vibrant, Compact Communities, 2004
Metropolitan Planning Council
Expanding Housing Options through Inclusionary Zoning, 2001
Campaign for Sensible Growth
A Closer Look at the Jobs-Housing Mismatch, 2000
Metropolitan Planning Council
For Rent: Housing Options in the Chicago Region, 1999
Metropolitan Planning Council
Housing for a Competitive Workforce: Housing Models that Work, 1998
Metropolitan Planning Council
The following information supplements MPC’s resources and articles and helps to further illustrate the housing climate particularly in the Chicago region, but also in the state and the nation.
The Preservation Compact 2007
Housing + Transportation: Moving the Region Towards Greater Affordability, 2006
Center for Neighborhood Technology presentation
Illinois Comprehensive Housing Plan: Affordable Housing Dimensions 2007 Update
On the Road to Success: Illlinois Comprehensive Plan, 2006 Update
State of Illinois
The Affordability Index: A New Tool for Measuring the True Affordability of a Housing Choice, 2006
The Brookings Institution
The State of the Nation's Housing, 2006
Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University
Where Did They Go? The Decline of Middle-Income Neighborhoods in Metropolitan America, 2006
The Brookings Institution
A Community Guide to Creating Affordable Housing, 2005
Business and Professional People for the Public Interest
Building for Success: Illinois Comprehensive Housing Plan, 2005
State of Illinois
Effects of Mixed-Income Multi-Family Rental Housing Development on Single-Family Housing Values, 2005
MIT Center for Real Estate, Housing Affordability Initiative
Homes for a Changing Region, 2005
Chicago Metropolis 2020 and Metropolitan Mayors Caucus
Paycheck to Paycheck, 2005
National Housing Conference
The Segregation of Opportunities: The Structure of Advantage and Disadvantage in the Chicago Region, 2005
Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities
The State of the Nation’s Housing, 2005
Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University
Guidelines for a Model Affordable Housing Plan, 2004
Metropolitan Mayors Caucus
Myths and Stereotypes about Affordable Housing, 2004
Business and Professional People for the Public Interest
Private Sector Partnerships: Investing in Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization, 2004
National Housing Conference
The State of the Nation’s Housing, 2004
Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University
Affordable Housing Fact Book, 2003
Chicago Rehab Network
The Metropolitan Housing Index: Housing as Opportunity, 2003
Chicago Metropolis 2020
Recommendations for Developing Attainable Workforce Housing in the Chicago Region, 2002
Chicago Metropolis 2020
Affordable Rental Housing Does Not Reduce Property Values: The Evidence from the Twin Cities, 2001
Family Housing Fund Public Education Initiative
The House Next Door, 1997
Innovative Housing Initiative
Housing Action Agenda
Metropolitan Mayors Caucus
Housing Endorsement Criteria
Metropolitan Mayors Caucus
Housing Illinois
Campaign for affordable housing in the Chicago region
The Greater Chicago Area Housing and Community Development Website
A site designed to guide and assist users find data and information about the housing environment throughout the Chicago region