A Proposed Law Would Push Wealthy Suburbs to Build More Affordable Housing. Mayors Are Pushing Back. – Illinois Answers Project

A Proposed Law Would Push Wealthy Suburbs to Build More Affordable Housing. Mayors Are Pushing Back. – Illinois Answers Project

“I get the concept, and we’re open to it,” Burr Ridge Mayor Gary Grasso said in an interview about efforts to encourage more housing options in towns like his. “What we’re not open to, absolutely not open to, is the state telling us how to zone and take away the due process rights of our residents.”

A Proposed Law Would Push Wealthy Suburbs to Build More Affordable Housing. Mayors Are Pushing Back.

A decades-old law designed to fight segregation by laying a path for more affordable housing in wealthy towns has led to only a smattering of new homes, with dozens of towns across the state offering scant options for people who aren’t affluent and some outright ignoring regulations. Now, as lawmakers are weighing a bid to supercharge the measure, they face pushback from local leaders who want to keep their grip on new development. The proposed …