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The Housing Gap: Key findings

Post author:CU-CitizenAccess.org
Post published:March 23, 2012
Post category:Housing

From 2000 to 2010, fair market rents for a two-bedroom apartment in the two counties of Champaign and Vermilion have increased more than 30 percent. For Champaign County, fair market rent went up from about $600 to more than $800 for a two-bedroom apartment. For Vermilion County, fair market rent increased from about $400 to $600 for a two-bedroom apartment in.

The Housing Gap: Increase in vacancy rates prompt action

Post author:CU-CitizenAccess.org
Post published:March 23, 2012
Post category:Housing

In Urbana, vacant housing units more than doubled from 2000 to 2010, going from nearly 1,000 units to more than 2,100 In Champaign, the number increased almost by half, from nearly 1,500 to more than 2,200 in vacant housing units.

The Housing Gap: Rents on the rise in Champaign, Vermilion counties

Post author:CU-CitizenAccess.org
Post published:March 22, 2012
Post category:Housing

The income of residents in Champaign and Vermilion has not kept pace with the increase of rent and as a result affordable housing is becoming harder to find.

Inside the English building. While the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus has a campus-wide Emergency Operations Plan, only 16 percent of its buildings have building Emergency Action Plans. The Office of Emergency Planning began an initiative to establish such plans for every building on campus more than two years ago, but estimates it will take a decade to get plans in place. The plans help building staff prepare better responses to emergencies like the presence of a gunman in a classroom. On the UI campus on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012.

Sidebar: Behavioral Intervention Teams

Post author:CU-CitizenAccess.org
Post published:February 5, 2012
Post category:Article Education

By Mary Beth Versaci/For CU-CitizenAccess -- A Behavioral Intervention Team is made up of representatives from offices across the University of Illinois campus meets…

Inside Foellinger Auditorium. While the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus has a campus-wide Emergency Operations Plan, only 16 percent of its buildings have building Emergency Action Plans. The Office of Emergency Planning began an initiative to establish such plans for every building on campus more than two years ago, but estimates it will take a decade to get plans in place. The plans help building staff prepare better responses to emergencies like the presence of a gunman in a classroom. On the UI campus on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012.

Lack of evacuation plans leaves students, staff unprepared

Post author:CU-CitizenAccess.org
Post published:February 4, 2012
Post category:Article Education

By Mary Beth Versaci/For CU-CitizenAccess -- On April 16, 2007, Seung-Hui Cho shot and killed 32 students in two separate attacks on the Virginia…

Gregory Hall. While the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus has a campus-wide Emergency Operations Plan, only 16 percent of its buildings have building Emergency Action Plans. The Office of Emergency Planning began an initiative to establish such plans for every building on campus more than two years ago, but estimates it will take a decade to get plans in place. The plans help building staff prepare better responses to emergencies like the presence of a gunman in a classroom. On the UI campus on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012.

Campus lacks resources to meet demand for mental health services, safety initiatives

Post author:CU-CitizenAccess.org
Post published:February 4, 2012
Post category:Article Education

For the past five months, journalism students and faculty have examined the state of mental health treatment at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus.…