The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Chicago office will now oversee 65 public housing authorities ...

We agree that incorporating granny flats — coachhouses or converted basements, for example — could play a small but ...

I’m grateful for the partnership with the Mayor and his team, as well as my City Council colleagues, that resulted in this ...

Housing advocates argue that increased oversight is necessary, especially for agencies like the CHA, which redirected approximately $74 million in federal voucher dollars away from housing ...

A complaint had accused the city of violating federal civil rights laws by allowing aldermen to kill affordable rental projects without oversight.

Supporters of the legislation planned to further amend the ordinance to provide more restrictions to building coach houses in single-family neighborhoods.

Some Chicago City Council members urged more oversight of which projects Johnson’s plan would fund, while supporters said it would be a much-needed boon to housing and city development.

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s plan to borrow $1.25 billion to bankroll economic development and affordable housing projects is back on track for City Council approval, but not without a bit of a fight ...

"Chicago residents will now benefit from a new system that facilitates greater oversight of the shared housing industry and will improve quality of life throughout Chicago." The more than 6,900 ...

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