Inside Housing Summer 2009

In memory of Howard Landau

Congress Moving Closer to Public-Housing Demolition Reform
The Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law has been working closely with staff members of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee to stop demolition of public-housing units without replacing units lost on a one-for-one basis. Read more.

The Preservation Compact: A Model for the Preservation of Rental Housing Throughout the Country
As more families find themselves facing dire economic crises due to job loss or foreclosure, a decent and affordable supply of rental housing is critical to ensuring that families do not face homelessness. Although the preservation of rental housing is a national challenge, varied local conditions call for a local response. Read more.

Shriver Center Works to Improve Housing Laws and Tenants' Rights in Illinois
Renters are the hidden victims of the foreclosure crisis; they make up about 40 percent of the families facing the loss of their housing due to foreclosure, according to the National Low-Income Housing Coalition. Read more.

Tenants Continue Efforts to Save Evergreen Terrace
The Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law continued its efforts this year to save the low-income housing development Evergreen Terrace. These efforts brought the Shriver Center to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on an issue of federal preemption that may have devastating implications for federally subsidized low-income housing nationally. Read more.

Major Gifts and Grants
The Shriver Center's Housing Unit gratefully acknowledges the following for their support:

Illinois Bar Foundation
Illinois Equal Justice Foundation
Landau Family Foundation
Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Polk Bros. Foundation
Retirement Research Foundation