#629 Online: Rental Affordability in Chicago

Rents have risen faster than incomes in Chicago in recent decades, leading to worsening rental affordability issues for residents across the city. Between 2000 and 2022, the number of neighborhoods considered “affordable” for low- and middle-income renters decreased, and the number of new units has fallen. Amy Qin and Andjela Padejski have been analyzing these and other rental affordability issues in Chicago for recent reporting in WBEZ. They and their colleagues also created a Chicago Rent Time Machine to allow readers to explore historical rent data. In this presentation, they will discuss their reporting process and findings.

#628 Online: Open Hack

There will be no presentation this week. Instead, we're going to have an Open Hack. Join our 7pm open Zoom call for introductions, socializing, announcements and breakout groups.

2025 Board Election Results

Feb 18, 2025 by Elections Committee - Michael Chladek, Sean Watland, Cameron Sow, Viktor Köves

On Feb 18th, we held our sixth election for our Board of Directors. Congrats to our elected and appointed Board Members Derek Eder, Katie O’Shea, Josh Kalov, Adam Hecktman, and Vien Nguyen!

Our 2024 Year in Review

Feb 16, 2025 by Sean Watland, Derek Eder, and Michael Chladek

Ahead of our sixth annual Member Meeting and Board Elections on Feb 18, 2025, we’re publishing our 2024 year in review to share with our Members and our community (that’s you!). We put on 48 Chi Hack Night events, hosted 33 presentations, held our fifth annual board election, remained financially stable, and updated and set new objectives and key results (OKRs) for our organization.

January 2025 Community Feedback Session

Jan 31, 2025 by Kyle Dolezal

On January 14, 2025, Chi Hack Night held a community feedback session. During this hybrid in-person and remote event, participants collaborated to provide feedback on four topics that impact Chi Hack Night Community members. In particular, participants discussed topics of fears and hopes, media and civic literacy, social media impacts, and Chi Hack Night Community. In this blog post, we recap the content of the discussions and reflect on major themes that emerged.