Chicago faces a shortage of more than 119,000 affordable housing units.

With rents rising and over half of renters burdened by costs and living expenses, new policies are aiming to help — but most residents aren't seeing quick relief.

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CTA ridership has undergone major shifts since before the pandemic. See below for trends in reduced ridership from Jan. 2020 to Dec. 2024, as well as how both CTA trains and buses have been recovering in recent years.

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Chicago's Pride Parade attendance doubled from 2010 to 2013 to an estimated 1 million attendees, fueled by the legalization of same sex marriage and growing advocacy for LGBTQ+ rights. See the full attendance data from 1985 to 2014 below.

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