Mayor Johnson's lack of clout weakens granny flat ordinance, stalls Council reorganization

Mayor Johnson’s lack of clout weakens granny flat ordinance, stalls Council reorganization – Chicago Sun-Times

Ald. Marty Quinn worked with Acting Zoning Chair Bennett Lawson to draft a compromise that sweetens the deal for building trade unions by requiring that any new coach house be built by workers from an approved labor apprenticeship program. “Chicago is a union town and including unions in this process was critical,” Quinn said.

Mayor Johnson's lack of clout weakens granny flat ordinance, stalls Council reorganization

The power vacuum created by Mayor Brandon Johnson’s political unpopularity and the free-for-all it creates at City Hall was on full display Thursday. Johnson was forced to settle for a far weaker version of a long-stalled granny flat ordinance that is likely to result in just a fraction of the affordable housing he had hoped to produce. The Council unanimously approved the measure Thursday. And the mayor’s plan to use the resignation of City Cou…

Mayor Johnson’s lack of clout weakens granny flat ordinance, stalls Council reorganization – Usa news

The power vacuum created by Mayor Brandon Johnson’s political unpopularity and the free-for-all it creates at City Hall was on full display Thursday. Johnson was forced to settle for a far weaker version of a long-stalled granny flat ordinance that is likely to result in just a fraction of the affordable housing he had hoped to produce. The Council unanimously approved the measure Thursday. And the mayor’s plan to use the resignation of City Cou…