Waffle truck prompts food pilot project, change
By Chad Garland/For CU-CitizenAccess When is an ice cream truck not an ice cream truck? According to Mahomet resident Zach Ware, it’s when it…
City, housing authority grapple over public housing
Over the past decade, communities across the country have demolished or sold hundreds of thousands of public housing units. Danville is aiming to be such a community.
Future of public housing in Danville remains uncertain
Over the past decade, communities across the country have demolished or sold hundreds of thousands of public housing units. Danville is aiming to be…
Latitude News: As jobs go overseas, foreign jobs come here – just not enough
Jobs, jobs, jobs. That’s been the national mantra since the Great Recession hit in 2008, and it does not seem to be going anywhere.…
The Housing Gap: Data, maps and reports
Below are reports and data on housing demographics that we used for these stories. Champaign County Regional Housing Study (December 2010) Vacant properties: Growing…
The Housing Gap: Videos
Neighborhood of Promise: Hope Meadows in Rantoul, Ill. is an intentional intergenerational community formed to support and serve adoptive families of foster children and…
The Housing Gap: Public housing needs
The Housing Authority of Champaign County manages more than 440 public housing units and over 1,200 housing choice vouchers, according to the Champaign County…
The Housing Gap: Key findings
From 2000 to 2010, fair market rents for a two-bedroom apartment in the two counties of Champaign and Vermilion have increased more than 30 percent. For Champaign County, fair market rent went up from about $600 to more than $800 for a two-bedroom apartment. For Vermilion County, fair market rent increased from about $400 to $600 for a two-bedroom apartment in.
The Housing Gap: Increase in vacancy rates prompt action
In Urbana, vacant housing units more than doubled from 2000 to 2010, going from nearly 1,000 units to more than 2,100 In Champaign, the number increased almost by half, from nearly 1,500 to more than 2,200 in vacant housing units.
The Housing Gap: Rents on the rise in Champaign, Vermilion counties
The income of residents in Champaign and Vermilion has not kept pace with the increase of rent and as a result affordable housing is becoming harder to find.