<![CDATA[Of No Fixed Address: A Collection of Voices from the Streets of Chicago]]>

1.0 link 128352 <![CDATA[Of No Fixed Address: A Collection of Voices from the Streets of Chicago]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christopher-devine/of-no-fixed-address-a-col_b_128352.html Based on a 40-hour workweek, to afford an apartment in Chicago you need to make:

$14.12 an hour for a studio
$16.15 an hour for a one bedroom
$18.15 an hour for a two-bedroom

In Illinois, the minimum wage is $7.50 an hour.

--National Low Income Housing Coalition

Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood is garnished with lavish nineteenth-century houses--a medley of ornate wood cornices, bay windows, and rough-hewn stone facades. In the summer, the trees form a lush canopy over the streets, protecting the...

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