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Housing Summit

Through their leadership under the Puerto Rican Agenda, Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation, Hispanic Housing Development Corporation, LUCHA, the Puerto Rican Cultural Center and the University of Utah convened a 2018 Housing Summit to facilitate bold discussions, kick-off a research agenda, and create new strategies to celebrate, preserve, and strengthen the cultural vibrancies of our neighborhoods.

 

With this purpose in mind, the organizations aim to share plans and vision along with affordable housing advocates, decision-makers, and the community at large to retain and strengthen Puerto Rican and other households of color, and to increase affordable housing options for residents along Chicago’s Near Northwest Side.  

 

The goals and objectives of this one-day event were as follow:

 

  • Understand the extent of gentrification on Chicago’s Near Northwest Side using historical perspectives, data on changing demographics and housing market trends.

  • Learn from policy experts, affordable housing developers, decision-makers, and community members about the barriers and opportunities to further affordable housing goals in Chicago’s Near Northwest Side.

  • Increase awareness of the urgent need for affordable housing, fair housing enforcement, and racial equity of homeownership in our communities.

  • Engage organizations and residents in meaningful dialogue about stabilizing the Puerto Rican evacuee community, as well as the Latino community at large.

  • Connect housing outcomes in Chicago’s historic Puerto Rican and Latino communities with those of health/wellness and environmental justice.

  • Cooperatively plan for the future of Chicago’s Near Northwest Side in an equitable manner, particularly through youth engagement and empowerment.


Previous housing summits have resulted in longer-term outputs, including the published report entitled “60 Years of Migration: Puerto Ricans in Chicagoland.”  The host organizations expect that the 2018 Housing Summit will result in similar long-term outputs in partnership with local universities, research institutes and elected officials.

 

 

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