Housing Survey

In the late Fall, directors of Chicago’s leading nonprofit agencies dealing with housing issues were asked to complete a survey designed by The Pierce Family Foundation. The survey asked three primary questions:

What do you see ahead relative to foreclosures in the Chicago area?  
What are the strategies with the greatest potential to make a difference?
What are the obstacles? 

Despite predicting continued increases in foreclosures and building vacancies, housing agency leaders are hopeful about the potential impact of a wide variety of creative strategies. Much in the survey speaks to how nonprofits are exploring ways to turn one of the consequences of the foreclosure situation--vacant buildings--into solutions to the affordable housing crisis. 

Foreclosure Prevention Strategies: WHAT HOUSING LEADERS THINK (chart)
Here as a pdf

Key Findings from Nonprofit Housing Leaders Opinion Survey -- October 2011
Here as a PDF