Daily Line: "This is theft." Housing organizers accuse developers of skirting affordable
By Alex Nitkin - November 25, 2019 Members of the Our Home Chicago coalition rallied outside of the New City apartment and entertainment complex Friday. [Alex Nitkin/The Daily Line] Read full coverage here: http://thedailyline.net/chicago/11/25/2019/housing-organizers-accuse-developers-of-skirting-affordable-requirements-this-is-theft/ A coalition of housing activists on Friday called on city leaders to change the city’s Affordable Requirements Ordinance to keep “scofflaw”
WBEZ: New Task Force Seeks More Inclusionary Housing in Chicago
"...On Friday, the “Our Home, Chicago” coalition is planning a protest in Lincoln Park over a development that they say skirted affordable housing requirements. The coalition has crafted the Development for All Ordinance that calls for reform by increasing the affordable housing requirement to 30 percent of units and by removing the option for developers to pay into a fund in lieu of building affordable units on site. Novara said the concepts of that proposed ordinance will g
Chicago Reader: City Housing Dep't takes steps forward on transparency--- Opportunities emerge
The ARO, and zoning laws in general, are a unique weapon to combat segregation and disinvestment built by racist government policies and reinforced by decades of private investment patterns in American cities. The U.S. Supreme Court has reinforced cities' prerogative to use zoning laws to limit, structure, and set the conditions for real estate development, making them a rare example of local government laws that can trump private property rights (as long as they're not discr
