Chicago Blueprint for Fair Housing

This Progress Report represents an interim update on the efforts of the City of Chicago to meet the milestones for each of the eight goals set out in the Blueprint for Fair Housing.

Chicago’s residential segregation and fair housing challenges are driven by the root causes of systemic racism and poverty. Community conversations and extensive data analysis confirm that barriers to housing today perpetuate Chicago’s residential segregation, creating a cycle of instability with longlasting consequences that not only impact individuals, but the entire city.

Building on these findings of fair housing challenges and root causes, City and community partners collectively developed Chicago’s Blueprint for Fair Housing. The Blueprint sets forth eight goals with complementary strategies and actions for the City of Chicago to advance fair housing.

Led by the Department of Housing, Commission on Human Relations, and Office of the Mayor, City departments will focus their affirmatively furthering fair housing work on these goals:

Goal 1 : Increase and preserve affordable, accessible housing options

Goal 2 : Prevent involuntary displacement and stabilize neighborhoods

Goal 3 : Increase opportunities and community integration for people with disabilities

Goal 4 : Address the segregation of opportunity and related inequitable distribution of resources

Goal 5 : Enhance housing policies and programs to increase fair housing choice

Goal 6: Expand fair housing outreach, education, and enforcement

Goal 7 : Preserve existing and expand affordable homeownership

Goal 8 : Ensure that internal policies and practices advance equity and address history of structural racism

An Executive Summary and Full Blueprint Report are available for download below, along with related appendices.