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Chasing the wrong shadow

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Gabbi Levy
Gabbi Levy

Suburban communities outside of Chicago are turning to a housing ordinance that aims to reduce crime. But it may also be indicative of a resistance to minorities moving into primarily white areas.

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chasing the wrong shadow Gabrielle Levy for Advanced Public Affairs Reporting March 9, 2011
Chasing the wrong shadow
we tend to be really good at covering what happened yesterday; we tend to be really bad at covering what happens everyday and there also is a tendency to tune out ... - Nicholas Kristof March 8, 2011
Chasing the wrong shadow
This doesnt have anything to do with rentals... ... has not been a particularly welcoming community. Theyre probably trying to hold onto the past, in a way. --Rob Breymaier
= approx. 100 people Source: 2000 U.S. Census, 2009 American Community Survey
= approx. 100 people Source: 2000 U.S. Census, 2009 American Community Survey
Chasing the wrong shadow
Crime Free Multi-Rental Housing Program
Crime Free Multi-Rental Housing Program - 875 registered rental buildings in Elmwood Park - 125 buildings with six or more units (14 percent) - 25 percent of total housing in Elmwood Park
Crime Free Multi-Rental Housing Program - 875 registered rental buildings in Elmwood Park - 125 buildings with six or more units (14 percent) - 25 percent of total housing in Elmwood Park The [passed] ordinance is great for getting criminals out after they cause a problem. By exempting all rentals under 6 units, we lose this ability. Crime Free Housing Proposal Update, myEPNCO.com, Jan. 11, 2011
Elmwood Park Rental Properties Source: Prudential American Heritage Real Estate Gang-related graf鍖ti, 2010 Source: Elmwood Park Police Department
Elmwood Park Rental Properties Source: Prudential American Heritage Real Estate Gang-related graf鍖ti, 2010 Source: Elmwood Park Police Department We had the police department track through the village... [we found] no correlation between apartments and single-family homes in terms of crime rate. --Jay Dalicandro, Village Manager, Elmwood Park
Village Leadership
Village Leadership Peter Silvestri Elsie Sutter Mayor since1989 Clerk since1993 Alan Bennett Jeff Sargent, Sam LaBarbara Carmen Forte Trustee since 1975 Police Trustee since 1989 Trustee since 1991 Alan Kaminski Angela Stranges Trustee since 1991 Trustee since 2011
Chasing the wrong shadow
Participation & Empowerment "Relatively weaker political resources in some areas suggest that Latino empowerment will not be a function of population and political resources alone. . "While Latinos are better off in absolute terms in some suburbs, this is not true in less af鍖uent inner-ring suburbs. The more relevant consequence of Latino suburbanization is that these suburbs have at-large election structures and Latino residents have little recourse to change these structures in the the current political and legal climate." Thomas Longoria, Jr., "Latino Descriptive Policy Representation in the Midwest: Do 'Traditional' Models Apply?"
chasing the wrong shadow Gabrielle Levy for Advanced Public Affairs Reporting March 9, 2011

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Chasing the wrong shadow

  • 1. chasing the wrong shadow Gabrielle Levy for Advanced Public Affairs Reporting March 9, 2011
  • 3. we tend to be really good at covering what happened yesterday; we tend to be really bad at covering what happens everyday and there also is a tendency to tune out ... - Nicholas Kristof March 8, 2011
  • 5. This doesnt have anything to do with rentals... ... has not been a particularly welcoming community. Theyre probably trying to hold onto the past, in a way. --Rob Breymaier
  • 6. = approx. 100 people Source: 2000 U.S. Census, 2009 American Community Survey
  • 7. = approx. 100 people Source: 2000 U.S. Census, 2009 American Community Survey
  • 9. Crime Free Multi-Rental Housing Program
  • 10. Crime Free Multi-Rental Housing Program - 875 registered rental buildings in Elmwood Park - 125 buildings with six or more units (14 percent) - 25 percent of total housing in Elmwood Park
  • 11. Crime Free Multi-Rental Housing Program - 875 registered rental buildings in Elmwood Park - 125 buildings with six or more units (14 percent) - 25 percent of total housing in Elmwood Park The [passed] ordinance is great for getting criminals out after they cause a problem. By exempting all rentals under 6 units, we lose this ability. Crime Free Housing Proposal Update, myEPNCO.com, Jan. 11, 2011
  • 12. Elmwood Park Rental Properties Source: Prudential American Heritage Real Estate Gang-related graf鍖ti, 2010 Source: Elmwood Park Police Department
  • 13. Elmwood Park Rental Properties Source: Prudential American Heritage Real Estate Gang-related graf鍖ti, 2010 Source: Elmwood Park Police Department We had the police department track through the village... [we found] no correlation between apartments and single-family homes in terms of crime rate. --Jay Dalicandro, Village Manager, Elmwood Park
  • 14. Village Leadership
  • 15. Village Leadership Peter Silvestri Elsie Sutter Mayor since1989 Clerk since1993 Alan Bennett Jeff Sargent, Sam LaBarbara Carmen Forte Trustee since 1975 Police Trustee since 1989 Trustee since 1991 Alan Kaminski Angela Stranges Trustee since 1991 Trustee since 2011
  • 17. Participation & Empowerment "Relatively weaker political resources in some areas suggest that Latino empowerment will not be a function of population and political resources alone. . "While Latinos are better off in absolute terms in some suburbs, this is not true in less af鍖uent inner-ring suburbs. The more relevant consequence of Latino suburbanization is that these suburbs have at-large election structures and Latino residents have little recourse to change these structures in the the current political and legal climate." Thomas Longoria, Jr., "Latino Descriptive Policy Representation in the Midwest: Do 'Traditional' Models Apply?"
  • 18. chasing the wrong shadow Gabrielle Levy for Advanced Public Affairs Reporting March 9, 2011

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