MPC’s housing agenda is contributing ideas and "best
practices" to the national housing policy arena. In the past year, four
articles referencing MPC’s housing initiatives appeared in the
Housing and
Development Reporter’s Current Developments
biweekly reporter.
HDR
Current Developments
is
utilized as
a primary source for objective, accurate reports and analyses by
industry leaders in affordable housing, community development,
finance and taxation. The following articles
are posted
with permission from
HDR Current Developments, copyright
2002-2003
by the West
Group.
- Regarding the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus/MPC partnership:
“Chicago Area Mayors Stress Need for Regional Support of
Criteria for Housing Projects,”
by Joseph Poduska, May
7, 2002.
- Regarding the Regional Housing Initiative:
“Chicago Initiative to Provide Project-Based Rental Vouchers For
Housing Near Jobs, Transit,”
September 30, 2002.
- Regarding research MPC published for the Chicago
Housing Authority:
“Planning Council Suggests New Program to Help Chicago Families
with Temporary Vouchers,”
May 26, 2003.
- Regarding one of MPC's recent employer-assisted
housing partnerships:
“University of Chicago Offers Employer-Assisted Housing in
Neighborhoods Near Campus,”
July
7, 2003.