Council wrestles with housing affordability vs. supply in Envision meeting - Evanston RoundTable

Council wrestles with housing affordability vs. supply in Envision meeting - Evanston RoundTable

City Council moved through 35 of the remaining 55 items for discussion at Wednesday night’s special Envision Evanston 2045 comprehensive plan meeting, adjourning at 10:25, nearly five and a half hours after it began. But the chief focus of the wide-ranging discussion was a lengthy debate about the difference between housing supply and affordability in the document designed to guide city planning for the next 20 years. The city has much left to d…