Chicago Housing Book Club

Olive and Oak Cafe, West Webster Avenue, Chicago, IL, USA

Next meeting: Wednesday, November 11 2026 at 6:30pm - CST

10 members

Currently reading

About Chicago Housing Book Club

This group talks about important topics related to housing including tenant rights, homelessness, affordable housing, urban development, and more!

We meet on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 6:30 pm at Olive and Oak on 955 W Webster, Chicago, IL

Books We Want to Read

Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World

by Henry Grabar

Average rating: 7.15

Order without Design: How Markets Shape Cities

by Alain Bertaud

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There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in The Other America (Helen Bernstein Book Award)

by Alex Kotlowitz

Average rating: 8.33

Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States

by Kenneth T. Jackson

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Books We've Read

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

by Richard Rothstein

Average rating: 8.53

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

by Matthew Desmond

Average rating: 8.36

The Death and Life of Great American Cities

by Jane Jacobs

Average rating: 8.65

In Defense of Housing: The Politics of Crisis

by David J. Madden and Peter Marcuse

Average rating: 6

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