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The nationwide housing shortage has driven rents up more in low-income neighborhoods than in the U.S. overall, but in areas that have recently added large amounts of housing, rents have fallen the most in lower-income neighborhoods with older buildings, according to an analysis of publicly available housing data.

Households throughout the country, particularly those with the lowest incomes, are struggling with the high cost of housing because of decades of underbuilding, high construction costs, and the resulting shortage of homes for sale and for rent, all combined with inadequately funded housing assistance.

States have a clear mandate to address housing affordability, so we are assigning grades based on how they are doing now and how well they are addressing the future, by building affordable homes.

Illinois must build 227,000 more housing units in the next five years if it is going to keep pace with demand, according to an economic report released Tuesday.

Chicago’s zoning rules, combined with substantial variation in market demand for new construction, have created a tale of three cities in terms of housing construction—growth in the downtown, limited access to high-opportunity neighborhoods, and underinvestment in low-income communities.

For starters, the city can eliminate a Byzantine funding process and a a long list of requirements and preferences for affordable projects, writes Richard Day, who worked in the administration of former Mayor Lori Lightfoot.

One recent West Side development clocked in at $884,000 per unit. While the city says it's working to address red tape that drives up expenses, advocates say more must be done to rein in "crazy" costs associated with affordable housing.

As of December 2023.

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