3.2002.2006: Housing, Government: United States. Illinois. Chicago: Schedules Used in Investigation of Housing Conditions, Chicago, Ill.: The Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy in its housing investigations, 1908-1914, has utilized four cards; the Building Card, as shown above, the Premises card, the Apartment Card, and a special card for one room dwellings. The reports have been published in the American Journal of Sociology.