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Hey everyone! It's time to sign another Old Town housing petition!
If you live *anywhere* in Chicago, please add your support for 500 new homes today.
Chicago NIMBYs are still organizing against growth of our city. Let’s keep the towers coming here!
Sign this letter of support for 500 new homes in Old Town, let’s make sure we outnumber the NIMBYs
✍️
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Things that would actually fight inflation
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The citizens yearn for pedestrianized streets
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Chicago casually exceeding San Francisco’s annual housing growth with a single West Loop high rise 🌇😌
Plan Commission approved Crescent Heights' 53-story, 587-unit residential project at 420 N. May St. The Fulton Market project will provide at least 119 affordable units while paying $5.8 million to the Neighborhood Opportunity Bonus system and $250,00 for rail crossing upgrades.
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HUGE turnout for today’s Save Our Lakefront rally.
The message for
@ChicagosMayor
and
@GovPritzker
is loud and clear. No expressway on our lakefront!
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So much for a mass exodus. 🙃
Chicago is booming, y’all.
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Chicago's most disadvantaged communities have the highest rates of child lead poisoning. Only 280 service lines have been replaced via city programs in the past two years. We need to treat replacing our 390,000 lead service lines like the emergency it is.
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Advocates are calling upon Mayor Brandon Johnson to nominate a Zoning Committee Chair who will tackle common-sense zoning reforms that will make it easier to build housing for all Chicagoans: 🏘️
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Build one of these bad boys on every vacant lot next to a CTA L station 👀
It will never not make me smile that this absolute unit of a project is being built by a union pension fund.
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“Chicago banned alley-side coach houses and basement and attic apartments in 1957, but in recent years advocates have pushed to bring them back as a way to increase the stock of affordable housing, particularly in expensive single-family-home areas.”
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An unreliable public transit system jeopardizes Chicago's economy, exacerbates our housing crisis, and dooms our climate goals.
Urban Environmentalists IL supports the appointment of a CTA President who will address CTA's multiple ongoing crises in a timely, transparent manner.
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We did it, y'all! 🚍🥳
Extended
@cta
Ashland bus route starting 9/3.
The Ashland bus extension is facing some serious NIMBY opposition. We encourage folks to send an email to the following address to express your support for this important public transit improvement.
committeeontransportationandpublicway
@cityofchicago
.org
🚌 🚌
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Brb handing these out at the Chicago Rat Hole 🏘️
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A single-story commercial building and surface parking lot becomes 80 homes 🏘️
Greektown, Chicago
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🚨 It is absolutely unacceptable to be proposing a drive-thru *right next to* a
@cta
station. This property should become hundreds of new homes which are a short train ride to Midway and the Loop.
We live here and pay property taxes, but nothing that is developed is put here for us. Businesses develop on the sw side because of airport traffic, passing thru our neighborhoods, creating litter, air pollution & traffic issues.
Join us at Curie on Tues to speak up.
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🚨HOUSING WIN🚨
We’re so excited that 5400 N Ashland was approved by the Zoning Committee last week. We can’t wait to tour the building and meet our new neighbors! 🥳😊
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The de-conversion of Chicago two-flats into single-family homes exacerbates our housing crisis and drives displacement.
This week, UE delivered a letter of support for the Northwest Preservation Ordinance (NPO), which establishes two-flats as the minimum required density. 🏘️
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256 homes 😍
64 affordable homes 😍😍
Ten parking spots 😍😍😍
Replaces a Burger King 🍔🍔🍔🍔
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Your move,
@ChicagosMayor
. We can’t let Milwaukee beat us 😷
NEW: Milwaukee, Wisconsin just proposed the most ambitious zoning code in the US. 🚨📰🏘️
-ALL residential parking mandates gone
-Small apartment buildings legal BY RIGHT in core (medium green)
-Triplexes, townhomes, & ADUs legal by right CITYWIDE
-Permitting FAST-TRACKED
🧵🧵🧵
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🚨 HOUSING WIN 🚨
We are excited to share that
@Andrefor40th
has approved 15 homes, including 3 affordable homes, at 5400 N Ashland in Andersonville. 🎉🥳🏗️
The development will replace a single family home on a double wide lot. 👏🏡
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Protected bike lanes improve safety for *everyone*, not just cyclists.
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More affordable homes in one (1) West Loop high rise than entire Chicago community areas have added in decades. 🏗️
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Urban Environmentalists is a proud supporter of this letter demanding a truly redefined DuSable Lake Shore Drive which prioritizes mass transit, our climate, and our community over cars.
BREAKING
14 Chicago aldermen have issued a joint letter to
@IDOT_Illinois
&
@ChicagoDOT
calling on them to halt all work on plans to reconstruct a highway on the lakefront
They want a design to be prepared that prioritizes transit, pedestrian comfort, accessibility, cycling
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“People aren’t moving to Chicago. They’re moving to Houston, Atlanta, Phoenix. They’re not choosing us. Crime has something to do with it, but when you ask people one of the primary drivers for their move, the answer is consistently the cost of living.”
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“I am tired of sitting on the bus surrounded by car traffic, and I am tired of sitting at the lake surrounded by car traffic and the noise and pollution it brings. Please deconstruct this highway for private vehicles and return the lakefront to the people.”
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Excited to see
@RepKamBuckner
introduce HB4795, which would end single-family zoning in Illinois 🎉
Chicago and many cities in Illinois have a self inflicted housing crisis.
If we are serious about affordably housing more people, we should do away with the barriers that complicate that.
Exclusionary zoning contributes to segregation and lack of affordable housing.
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Yesterday, two of our members took
@Amtrak
to Springfield and met with elected officials to advocate for abundant housing!
🥳👏🏘️🚂
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Let’s make 2024 our year, Chicago.
The numbers are in: 2023 was another year of exponential growth for parking reform.
18 more North American cities removed mandates, including Austin; Durham; Duluth; Charlottesville; Burlington; & 13 Oregon cities complying with new state rules.
🏡🚶🌲
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Went for a ride with some friends this afternoon 😏🚲
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Extending the Ashland bus to the Ravenswood Metra Station is a good example of transit agencies working together to increase connectivity and ridership!
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Twenty-four homes, including 20% affordable, are proposed for 1055 W Diversey, just steps from the
@cta
Brown and Purple Lines. 🥳
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“Metra saw the largest year-over-year ridership increase at 37 percent, providing more than 32 million rides as it worked toward a new regional rail vision.”
Great work,
@Metra
!! 🚂
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A new study from
@argonne
highlights public transit’s critical role in Chicagoland. 🚇🚍
“Every $1 invested in transit generates $13 in economic activity, in addition to creating savings in travel time.” ‼️
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Pedestrianized Fulton Market appears to be returning this year!
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Households in Chicago's urban core have much lower VMT than suburban households, regardless of income level.
source:
Everywhere in SF is a great place to build housing for a climate, having much lower VMT per household than outer suburbs.
@sfplanning
, the
#HousingElement
should upzone all high opportunity neighborhoods in the Westside, not just transit corridors.
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New affordable homes under construction in Logan Square 😊
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“Chicago needs to build more housing fast to make it easier for people to move to (or stay in) Chicago. Worryingly, our current system seems designed to prioritize the concerns of a small, loud, angry and wealthy few over the future of the city.”
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Our neighbors to the north are considering a downtown freeway removal 😍
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Let's do this in Chicago.
Brand new traffic calming infrastructure on N 6th & Walnut in Milwaukee 🫡
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You could hardly find a location with better transit access in the entire Midwest.
200 homes are proposed at 925 W Belmont Ave, steps from three
@cta
rail lines and four bus lines.
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“This is one of those areas where increased density will actually help alleviate traffic congestion, rather than pause it.” -
@AldermanHopkins
Thank you for approving 396 homes directly adjacent to a
@cta
Red Line station, Alderman Hopkins! 🏗️🚇
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Arizona is about to legalize fiveplexes on all residential lots in larger cities. 🏘️😄
Meanwhile, huge swaths of Chicago are still zoned for single-family homes. 🏠😢
We must do better.
The hits keep on coming in Arizona! HB 2721, which legalizes up to fiveplexes on all residential lots in larger cities just passed the AZ House of Representatives with a big bipartisan vote of 36 to 18.
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Upset about this decision?
If so, join us to help advocate for progressive land use reforms such as allowing ADUs + three-flats citywide, eliminating parking minimums, and establishing by-right development approvals that meet objective criteria.
The housing crisis demands it.
A plan to turn an Andersonville home on Ashland into apartments was denied by the alderman.
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Our team is thrilled to announce our first set of endorsements for the Chicago municipal elections!
Urban Environmentalists is proud to support these four amazing candidates as they work to champion pro-housing and safe streets solutions.
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Today,
@ChicagosMayor
released the Cut the Tape report, which lists “Adopt ‘transformational’ zoning changes that would eliminate minimum parking requirements, streamline special use permits and more.” as one of its top 10 recommendations! 👏 👏
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You love to see it, folks.
Plan Commission approved Mark Goodman & Associates and Weldon Development Group's two-tower, 724-residence proposal for 400 N. Elizabeth St. in West Town. The project includes 145 affordable units and will pay $6 million to the Neighborhood Opportunity Bonus system.
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30 out of 36 opponents to a new high rise in Old Town currently live in a high rise. Let that sink in.
a selection of things people said to oppose a proposed 500-home development in Old Town
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The more the NIMBYs complain, the taller it’ll get. 😈
Developers have added 8 stories to a proposed Old Town apartment tower.
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Massachusetts just legalized ADUs by-right statewide! 🏘️🏘️🏘️
Illinois next? 👀
Massachusetts is the best place to live, work, raise a family and start a business. But when you can’t pay rent or buy a house, everything else seems out of reach.
Today, I signed the Affordable Homes Act — our plan to make our state a place everyone can afford to call home.
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Over 400 people have signed our petition in support of ending parking minimums in Chicago!
🎉🎉🎉🎉
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50 homes 😍
3 parking spots 😍😍
Replaces a surface parking lot 😍😍😍
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🚨 ACTION ALERT 🚨
268 homes are proposed on the site of two bank buildings and their adjacent parking lots at Irving Park, Lincoln, and Damen.
Sign and share our petition in support of the project today:
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Fifty new homes are being built on a former surface parking lot in Little Italy 😍
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“Urban planner Steven Vance, a volunteer member of Urban Environmentalists Illinois, said a truly integrated regional transit system will benefit everyone who lives in the region, whether or not they take public transportation.” 👏 🚇 🚂 🚎
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Chicago is growing and will continue to grow, and our zoning laws needs to reflect this reality.
Allow ADUs citywide
Allow three-flats citywide
Abolish parking minimums
Chg in $100K+ earning households from '21 to '22, 10 largest cities
1. NYC: +164,461 households
2. LA: +60,652
3. Chicago: +38,793
4. Phoenix: +34,052
5. Houston: +27,658
6. Austin: +25,318
7. Dallas: +24,421
8. Philadelphia: +22,756
9. San Diego: +19,633
10. San Antonio: +9849
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“With double-tracking complete, SSL expects to reduce travel times for all-stop trains up to 19 minutes, and run express trains between Michigan City and the Loop in 62 minutes. The average travel time on that segment has historically been 90 minutes.” 🚊
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nobody will remember:
- your salary
- how “busy you were”
- how many hours you worked
people will remember:
- your public comment at Zoning Committee
- your pro-housing op-ed
- your pointing out all the new buildings literally all the time
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🚨 HOUSING WIN 🚨
This afternoon, Plan Commission approved 615 new homes at 1840 N Marcey in Lincoln Park.
Thank you to all of our members who gave public comment in support of the project today! 👏
Next up, Zoning Committee! 🚀
Plan Commission approved Sterling Bay's $351 million, 615-unit residential proposal for 1840 N. Marcey St. in Lincoln Park. The two-building complex includes .7 acres of public open space, 124 affordable units, and $4.8 million in density bonus and industrial conversion fees.
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How is
@cta
supposed to train 200 rail operators when the prerequisite job doesn’t have any posted openings? 🤔
DAY 6 of waiting on
@cta
to share how to apply for rail flagger openings- a prerequisite to becoming a rail operator. We've reached out to CTA's board/staff & encourage you to do the same!
Board: boardoffice
@transitchicago
.com
VP Comms, Brian Steele: bsteele
@transitchicago
.com
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🚨 HOUSING WIN 🚨
In Feb. 2023, we started a petition in support of over 200 new homes at Damen and Lincoln in North Center.
Today,
@AldMattMartin
expressed his support for the 194 home development, including 64 homes for survivors of gender-based violence.
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Happy first day of *real* spring, Chicago! ☀️
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Parking mandates are bankrupting our cities.
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🚨 HOUSING WIN 🚨
After dozens of our members wrote letters in support of the project and turned out for the community meeting,
@ward32chicago
has approved 42 homes at the former Dinkel’s site.
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Let's legalize four-flats citywide! 🏘️
Brainstorming a new public ad campaign:
"For every family, a four-flat."
"The optimal way of 21st century living is a multi-generational family living in multi-unit building."
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724 new homes coming soon 🏗️
Land is clear for 724 apartments at 400 N. Elizabeth St.
View in photo is from Ogden Ave & Kinzie St.
@UrbanEnviroIL
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“That building goes up, I’m never going to see the sun.” - concerned resident
Folks, the building is THREE STORIES TALL. This is some SF level NIMBYism 😮💨
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We’re excited to have
@bikegridnow
as a signatory on our letter calling on
@ChicagosMayor
to nominate a Zoning Committee Chair who will prioritize abundant, affordable housing. 🏘️🚲
Advocates are calling upon Mayor Brandon Johnson to nominate a Zoning Committee Chair who will tackle common-sense zoning reforms that will make it easier to build housing for all Chicagoans: 🏘️
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NIMBYs have spun up an entire Facebook group and paid ad campaign opposing 500 new homes in Old Town, and their fake renderings show how the high rise fits right in with the neighborhood character 😇
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“Gardiner asked residents to raise their hands if they supported the project. Only 3 of the 70 attendees did. ‘I fully understand what the pulse is. We’re not going to be in favor of this,’ Gardiner said after the vote.”
Chicago housing policy, folks! 🫠
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What gives,
@AldReilly
?
Good news: the outdoor seating program that everyone loves and benefits local business is being canceled so people can gamble.
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More infill housing = less demand for undeveloped woodlands.
🌳🪷🪺
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The opponents of new affordable homes in Lincoln Park are really telling on themselves in the replies.
@ward32chicago
, approving new homes in a wealthy neighborhood is the progressive thing to do.
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Babe wake up, new community meeting just dropped 👀
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“It’s up to
@ChicagosMayor
to make two appointments for the city board. But so far, he has not done so. Those are two spots that could be filled with qualified people, but the mayor’s office has, for whatever reason, not fulfilled its duty.” 🚇
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🚨 TOMORROW 🚨
Join us virtually to support 500 homes, including 100 affordable homes, replacing a surface parking lot in Old Town!
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Seeing our UE members getting top-tier articles published in the Tribune never gets old. 😌
Great work, Aaron!
🚍🏘️🏗️🌳
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We're excited to see 432 homes replace Pilsen's largest vacant lot!
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Watch this space 👀
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Chicagoans deserve better than a lakefront expressway.
Wow, this is my building and the changes pictured here make me want to cry tears of joy. The 11 LANES of road blocking me from the lakefront (and causing untold amounts of noise and air pollution) are the bane of my existence
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Want to see more affordable housing get built in Chicago? This is how you do it. 👏👏
See you there!
Join us May 29th for an exciting development & exhibit - the 40th Ward will be rezoning Western Avenue across the ward to increase residential affordability and reimagine the business district!
It will be the first time it’s ever been done in Chicago so come learn more!
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The Ashland bus extension is facing some serious NIMBY opposition. We encourage folks to send an email to the following address to express your support for this important public transit improvement.
committeeontransportationandpublicway
@cityofchicago
.org
🚌 🚌
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“Amtrak reports ridership is up 15% over prepandemic levels.” 😍
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“The 14 alderpeople, in partnership with transit advocacy group
@bikegridnow
, want the proposals scrapped in favor of a new one centered around bus-rapid transit, including bus-only lanes or a light rail system along the lakefront.”
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We love the **2,451** homes, but this project has WAY too much parking for a site located at the intersection of two of Chicago's busiest
@cta
bus lines and within short walking distance to the Blue and Brown lines.
@AldermanBurnett
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One of our volunteers was injured by a hit-and-run driver while biking in an unprotected bike lane in Chicago. Paint is not protection.
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Apple employees don’t use Android phones. So why do we accept having transit agency leaders that never take transit?
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Parking minimums should be completely eliminated next to
@Metra
stations.
Parking woes could doom planned Durty Nellie's redevelopment
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Thank you, Mayor!
Allowing ADUs and three-flats citywide would be two great steps to take to streamline housing construction in Chicago 🏘️
I signed an executive order streamlining commercial & housing development in Chicago, and broke ground on a 100% affordable housing complex in North Lawndale.
Our city needs more housing, more small businesses, and more economic activity. This is a major step in that direction.
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Thank you to EVERYONE who turned out for tonight's community meeting, both in person and online, to demonstrate to
@AldermanHopkins
that there is strong support for desperately needed affordable housing in Old Town and throughout Chicago. 🌇🏗️
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Someone asks, "Why can't they build somewhere else?" and Alderman Lawson responds with "The developer doesn't own somewhere else." 👏
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“Minneapolis, Seattle and Buffalo all removed parking requirements. The result was a remarkable surge in housing supply, with over half of the new development being projects that would have been illegal before the change.”
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Spoiler alert - we were the ones cheering 🥳🌇
Proposal for 44-story apartment tower in Old Town draws cheers, jeers at community meeting
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We’re excited to see
@CDRosa
propose a proactive rezoning of a car-centric parcel on Milwaukee Ave to allow for more homes to be built. 🥳🏘️
The rezoned parcel will remain subject to the ARO, ensuring affordable homes are included, too.
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We are proud to join the incredible coalition opposing the current plans for rebuilding North DuSable Lake Shore Drive (NDLSD).
“The current proposal, unfortunately, largely maintains the status quo, missing a crucial chance to create a more sustainable and accessible future.”
A coalition of orgs issued a strong statement today opposing the current plans for rebuilding NDLSD as proposed by IDOT & its project team. Instead of maintaining the status quo, this is a crucial chance to create a more sustainable and accessible future.
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