City Council Votes 30-18 to Greenlight Mayor’s New Approach to Building Affordable Housing in Chicago

City Council Votes 30-18 to Greenlight Mayor’s New Approach to Building Affordable Housing in Chicago

Chicago faces an affordable housing shortfall of more than 119,000 units, and more than half of Chicagoans spend more than 30% of their income on rent and utilities, making them burdened by housing costs.

Environmental racism and Chicago’s new ordinance fighting for reform - The Chicago Reporter

Last month, Brandon Johnson and five Alders introduced the Hazel Johnson Cumulative Impacts Ordinance, which aims to address the disproportionate environmental burdens on Chicago’s South and Southside neighborhoods.  The ordinance outlines policy changes to zoning and permitting laws that could protect Chicago residents in historically underserved neighborhoods from worsening pollution. The ordinance uses findings from […] The post Environmental…

Chicago City Council approves Mayor Brandon Johnson’s affordable housing ordinance – ABC7 (Chicago)

Using money from Johnson's $1.25 billion bond fund passed last year, the city will create a nonprofit to dole out revolving low-interest loans for housing construction. Alders who voted against the ordinance have concerns about creating a nonprofit with a mayoral-appointed board. The new organization will need paid staff, as well.

Mayor Johnson's 'Green Social Housing' Plan Passes City Council

CITY HALL — After weeks of delay and pushback from mayoral foes and allies alike, the City Council on Wednesday passed one of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s top policy priorities aimed at creating more affordable housing in Chicago.The ‘Green Social Housing’ ordinance, which will create a city-run nonprofit designed to spur the development of environmentally friendly affordable housing units across the city, earned full council approval Wednesday with …

Mayor Brandon Johnson plan to spur affordable housing with public money passes council

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s plan to spur affordable housing construction with a new loan fund finally passed in the City Council Wednesday after weeks of wrangling. The passage of Johnson’s ambitious “Green Social Housing” plan marks one of the mayor’s first major legislative wins of the year, one he will certainly point out to his progressive base as evidence he is delivering on his agenda. And the novel policy that will use a revolving pool of cit…

Chicago approves new green social housing ordinance

Today, the Chicago City Council approved Mayor Brandon Johnson's Green Social Housing (GSH) Ordinance. This initiative aims to expand affordable housing in Chicago while maintaining the city's green building standards. The ordinance establishes an independent nonprofit authorized to serve as a GSH developer, making Chicago the first major city in the U.S. to adopt this model for permanent affordable housing.Mayor Johnson emphasized the importanc…