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Preserving Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing
Partnership with The Preservation Compact, DePaul Institute for Housing Studies
A mapping tool designed to facilitate evidence-based decision-making in preservation strategies for affordable multifamily rental housing.
Illinois Wastewater Surveillance System
Partnership with Discovery Partners Institute and Illinois Department of Public Health
Provides series of COVID-19 measurements from wastewater for 75 sites across the state of Illinois.
Partnership with City of Chicago - Department of Planning and Development
Browse all City-owned vacant surplus property in Chicago and apply to buy it.
Los Angeles Metro Board Agendas
Partnership with Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
An open government tool for understanding and tracking the activity of the Board Members of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
Chicago's Million Dollar Blocks
Pro bono
An interactive map showing spending on incarceration for every block in the City of Chicago.
Latest blog post
ChiBlockBuilder: Using Agile Software Development to Bring Investment to Chicago Neighborhoods
In October 2022, DataMade, in partnership with the Department of Planning and Development (DPD) at the City of Chicago, launched ChiBlockBuilder.com as a central, public facing portal for selling vacant and unused land owned by the city. This platform is the culmination of years of work by the City of Chicago to centralize and standardize all of their land sales in one convenient place, using a standard application process. Here’s how it works and how we built it.
