Study Links Weak Economy to Shortage of Affordable Rental Housing

November 18, 2011 Grantee News Preserving Affordable Rental Housing Housing

The need for affordable rental housing in Cook County has increased substantially in the last decade and is expected to continue growing, according to a study by MacArthur grantee the Institute for Housing Studies at DePaul University. These trends mirror a national shortage of affordable rental housing, which increased more than 9 percent from 2005 to 2009 and is still on the rise. View The State of Rental Housing in Cook County report.