Less construction means less new housing coming online and the provincial government has identified vacancy issues as one of the primary obstacles for future economic growth with businesses concerned that they won’t be able to attract and retain staff in the face of affordable housing ...
In June 1991, the vacancy rate at Horner reached a peak of nearly 50 percent. The Horner Mothers Guild sued the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Chicago Housing Authority. The women claimed that the agencies were effectively demolishing public housing, in violation of f...