Voorhees Center Research On Chicago’s Shrinking Middle Class Cited In Mayoral Race Coverage
Research from UIC’s Nathalie P. Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement on Chicago’s shrinking middle class is the focus of a Chicago Sun-Times editorial board column that calls on the next Chicago mayor to regrow the city’s middle class. “Conditions now force many middle-income families to either leave the city to find housing they can afford, or to move into lower-income communities,” Janet Smith, UIC professor of urban planning and policy and co-director of the Voorhees Center, told the Sun-Times. “Leaving the city often means longer commutes to work, often driving rather than using public transportation. Moving to lower-cost housing areas helps to further fuel gentrification — intentional or not — which can then continue to exacerbate the divide.” Read more at: http://bit.ly/2Nvw8tI (subscription may be required)
The Voorhees Center research is also the cited in USA Today’s coverage of the Chicago mayoral race.