Real estate agents say Illinois, which has expanded protections for abortion, has emerged as an attractive state for those looking to relocate.
Kevin Romero, left, and his husband, Philip Maziarz, hold their dogs Parker and Wickett outside the home they're renovating in Uptown on April 15, 2023, in Chicago.
Although there is no data cataloging these moves, real estate experts said a number of households have relocated to Illinois, or are preparing to relocate, in search of a safer and more welcoming environment for the LGBTQ community. She said she moved for a variety of reasons, including wanting to be closer to family, wanting better support for her children who have learning disabilities and due to the attacks on reproductive, LGBTQ and immigrant rights in Texas.
Bob McCranie runs a website called “Flee Red States” as a part of his Texas Pride Realty Group, which is part of a North Texas-based real estate company. He started Flee Red States in June and works with members of the LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance across the country to help members of the LGBTQ community move. So far, he said his company has helped about 25 families, including Maldonado’s.
In Chicago since 2007, he now lives in Andersonville with his husband, Philip Maziarz, as they wait for renovations to be completed on a house they bought in 2020 in Uptown. to ban books and prosecute people who give children reading materials that their parents or the state do not approve of. “I see people coming from across the country who maybe want Midwestern values and don’t want to live on the coasts,” because it’s not affordable, Hnatow said. “People are coming to raise their families and don’t want their kids dealing with the judgment of political pundits and the hate that they spread.”Niehaus-Rincon is from California and said he and his husband, who met in San Francisco, have been priced out of the state, so they looked to Chicago for its increased affordability.
Niehaus-Rincon said his husband, who works in retail, will have much better work opportunities in Chicago, and that the two of them will be able to live comfortably off the money that comes from their Nebraska house’s sale while they settle in Chicago.
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