MEGHAN DONAGHY, ADAM GARR8ON, MARK LAMB, JENNY 8EVERYN, TAMEER

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NTRODUCTON
W What is LFT-Chicago?
W What are we researching?
W What are we experiencing?
W What difference are we making?
BACKGROUND
RE8EARCH OUE8TON8
W What are the prominent housing
issues facing clients at LFT-
Chicago?
W What resources can LFT-Chicago
advocates and volunteers connect
clients with to best support the
needs of the clients?
METHODOLOGY
W 282 Clients
W 3 Phone Calls/Client
W 8emi-8tructured Telephone
nterviews
Guiding Ouestions
W Data Collection via Organized
Excel 8preadsheet
W Challenges
Phone 8urvey
Hi my name is _________________ and I am a student at LoyoIa University Chicago doing a
project for LIFT Chicago. We are contacting everyone who has been to LIFT for heIp with
housing in the past year. We are trying to research heIpfuI organizations in the community
about prevaIent issues regarding housing and hoping to use the information to make
significant future changes. If you have a minute or two, I have a few questions to ask you.
1.) Are there currentIy any specific probIems in terms of your housing conditions?
2.) If so, what kinds of probIems have you encountered? If not, have you experienced any
probIems with housing in the past?
3.) Are you aware of anyone eIse in your buiIding who has had to deaI with simiIar or other
housing issues?
4.) How are the probIems you and/or others have experienced or are experiencing been
resoIved? What has the time frame been Iike in terms of how quickIy issues are attended to?
5.) WouId you be interested in getting invoIved with a community organizer who works
specificaIIy with housing advocacy efforts?
METHODOLOGY
METHODOLOGY
nvalid Number
Call Back
Didn't Want to
Take 8urvey
Took 8urvey
26
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4
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Conflrmed
houslng lssues
lnavlld numbers
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DATA ANALY88
DATA ANALY88
W Categorical Analysis
Homeless
Cockroaches
No Window
Broken Elevator
8ewage
W Thematic Analysis
Appliances/Aesthetics {17 Clients_
Bed Bugs {10 Clients_
Economic ssues {31 Clients_
Pests {12 Clients_
8afety {6 Clients_
8anitation {6 Clients_
DATA ANALY88
Clients Coming to LFT-Chicago
With Housing ssues
Conflrmed Pouslng lssues
lnvalld numbers
8efused Lo CompleLe Survey
CLher
Thematic Analysis of
Housing ssues
Appllances/AesLheLlcs 8ed 8ugs
Lconomlc lssues esLs
Safety Sanitation
RE8ULT8
W Approximately one quarter of LFT-
Chicago clients have had or are
currently experiencing housing issues
Over one third of those with housing issues
blame economic struggles as the source
One out of five said appliance issues were
a source of concern
Around one in ten had pest issues
One in nine clients had bed bug issues
Many experience minor issues in safety and
sanitation
MPLCATON8
W Housing is not one issue, but
many interconnected issues
W Each needs to be resolved
individually to solve the issue as a
whole
W Found companies to include in
LFT-Chicago's manual to help
resolve these issues
MPLCATON8
MPLCATON8
8UGGE8TON8
W Control for moderating variables
W Focus survey questions
W Follow up with participants
W Network with other organizations
to build connections {i.e., ONE_
CONCLU8ON
W Help solve current housing issues
and prevent future issues
W Collaborated with LFT-Chicago to
maximize efforts