Speed dating for journalists - Chicago housing

What makes Public Narrative unique? Because we train nonprofits and journalists how to tell their stories better. We also bring the two groups together to ensure better issue reporting.

Our latest speed-dating-for-better-issue-reporting event highlighted Chicago housing. In the video below, experts tell us what coverage is needed for Chicago housing, and journalists tell us what they learned.

Watch the full discourse here, courtesy of CAN-TV

Stories:

Housing affects other major issues — in this case race. Our own Stephen Franklin examines the cause and effect of housing in these two posts.

How does racism hit home? Examining housing issues.

We live in racially separated worlds and, of course, that’s what we all want, right?

No, it’s not true. Whites, blacks and Latinos actually prefer to live in diverse communities. That’s according to newly released research from the University of Illinois Institute of Government and Public Affairs and the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Department of Sociology. The findings are based on surveys of Chicago area residents’ in the midst of housing searches and their choices on neighborhood preferences. Read more

How racial disparities impact Chicago housing 

Your home and its value are what gives many Americans a step up on the economic ladder. But if you’re writing about home values, you need to know that this is a troubling reality for many black families. Read more

Sources

Cheryl Johnson

People for Community Recovery

http://www.peopleforcommunityrecovery.org/

13116 S. Ellis Ave

Riverdale, IL 60827

773-840-4618

cheryljohnsonpcr@gmail.com

Maria Krysan

Univeristy of Illinois at Chicago

Department of Sociology

1007 W. Harrison Street

Chicago, IL

312-996-5575

krysan@uic.edu

Eithne McMenamin

Chicago Coalition for the Homeless

http://www.chicagohomeless.org/

70 East Lake Street, Suite 720

Chicago, IL 60601

312-641-4140 ext. 229

ethne@chicagohomeless.org

Marisa Novara

The Metropolitian Planning Council

https://www.metroplanning.org/index.html

140 S. Dearborn, Suite 1400

Chicago, IL 60603

312-922-5616

312-863-6044

mnovara@metroplanning.org

Organizational contacts on housing

Access Living

https://www.accessliving.org/

115 W. Chicago Ave

Chicago, IL 60654

312-640-2100

Chicago Housing Initiative

Leah Levinger, Executive Director

http://www.chicagohousinginitiative.org/

773-292-4980 ext. 238

leah@chicagohousinginitiative.org

DePaul Institute of Housing Studies

http://www.housingstudies.org/

1 E. Jackson, Suite 5400

Chicago, IL 60604

312-362-7074

Latin United Community Housing Association

http://lucha.org/

3541 W. North Ave #1

Chicago, IL 60647

773-276-5338

Latino Policy Forum

Savanna Clement

http://www.latinopolicyforum.org/

180 N. Michigan Ave

Chicago, IL 60601

312-376-1766 ext. 225

Lawyers Committee for Better Housing

http://lcbh.org/

33 N. LaSalle Blvd Suite 900

Chicago, IL 60602

312-347-7600

Resurrection Project

http://resurrectionproject.org/

1818 S. Paulina St.

Chicago, IL 60608

312-666-1323

Shriver Center for Poverty Law

http://www.povertylaw.org/

50 E. Washington St., Suite 500

Chicago, IL 60602

312-263-3830

The Woodstock Institute

http://www.woodstockinst.org/

29 E. Madison St., Suite 1710

Chicago, IL 60602

312-368-0310

Other Resources:

“The most diverse cities are always the most segregrated,” FiftyThirtyEight

“Fair housing for people with criminal records,” Shriver Center

Shriver Center Media Release