Modern university/community relationships are sometimes marked by division and hostility.
Long-Term Collaboration: Building Relationships and Achieving Results in the UIC Neighborhoods Initiative GCP-98-1
Much has been written in the past few years about the need for universities to become involved in partnerships with other organizations to address societal problems more directly.
The Centrality of Place: The Urban Imagination of Sociologists GCP-97-4
About ten minutes from where I live, in Highland Park, north of Chicago, a house is being built.
Property Taxes and Commercial Real Estate Values in Urban Areas GCP-96-11
The purpose of this paper is to present a summary of what is known about the effects of property taxation on the market rents and market values of commercial and industrial real estate in urban areas.
Future Directions of the Chicago Metropolitan Housing Development Corporation GCP-96-9
Public housing in the United States is in the midst of unprecedented change.
Lessons from the Field: Three Case Studies of Mixed-Income Housing Development GCP-96-4
This report presents three case studies of mixed-income housing development in three very different settings: Montgomery County, Maryland; Atlanta, Georgia; and Boston, Massachusetts.