Housing and Development
If the full City Council approves, alderpeople could ban new vacation rentals in individual precincts. The onus to gather signatures from 10% of registered voters in that precinct would then be on Airbnb and Vrbo to overturn a local ban.
In a new pilot, Compass Working Capital will help eligible families participate in a federal program that turns rent into savings.
Mr. Polikoff was born in Chicago and spent more than 50 years as lead attorney in the Gautreaux v. Chicago Housing Authority court case that was heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. The 1966 suit alleged the agency chose public housing sites and assigned tenants by race.
The $63 million project will create more than 150 apartments, plus high-end amenities in the heart of River North.
Readers applaud building a soccer-only stadium on the land known as The 78 and Joe Mansueto for using private financing. But they point out that public funds would be needed for infrastructure around the stadium.
State lawmakers said they again will consider the issue later this year. Meanwhile, Cook County will postpone its 2025 tax sale because of concerns over homeowners behind on property taxes losing their homes and equity.
Jel Sert doubled the number of jobs it was going to add with an expansion in West Chicago, where it will manufacture some of its signature products.
It’s not clear yet what may happen to the iconic jazz club that was once Al Capone’s Prohibition-era hangout.
The Chicago Housing Authority and its partners held a ribbon cutting for the latest phase of the $172 million project that brings 222 mixed-income apartments and 10,000 square feet of retail.
The team on Tuesday released new renderings of the project, which is increasing the number of rinks at the practice facility from two to four.
Three undergraduate students at the University of Chicago won a new housing challenge for proposing a citywide vacancy tax. The tax would fund affordable, infill housing.
Ald. Bennett Lawson says Mayor Brandon Johnson doesn’t have the votes for his all-or-nothing-approach to give single-family homeowners carte blanche to turn attics and basements into so-called “granny flats.”
The home, designated as a landmark in Oak Park, was among Wright’s first homes to include a picture window and other mainstays seen in his later work.
The program aimed at turning vacant city land into housing for working middle-class families recently expanded to include three South Side neighborhoods.
Illinois saw the second-highest jump in home insurance premiums in the nation, partly fueled by claims after extreme weather events.
The furniture company’s new warehouse brings much of its operations under one roof, increasing its efficiency and expanding its client base.
The 52-unit project at 3601 W. Chicago Ave. will have one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments.
The tower would be the latest in a string of developments that continue to attract more people to the former industrial area around Goose Island.
Healing House, at 6421 S Honore St., will offer a variety of mental health and wellness resources for residents.
It took days of inquiries from the Sun-Times — and the posting of an earlier version of this column — for the federal General Services Administration to reveal its location.
Sydney-based Diraq signed a letter of intent to join the state’s quantum campus, where it will continue to develop quantum computing technologies.
Artists Book House was awarded a grant from the city of Chicago that will help the nonprofit renovate the exterior of its Irving Park space.
Thursday morning, the home where the pope grew up was on the market for $219,000. The property’s owner and Realtor are now discussing ways to honor the first U.S. pontiff with this home.
By a lopsided 30-18 vote, the City Council approved Johnson’s “green social housing” plan to create a city-owned, nonprofit developer that would issue $135 million in loans to developers who build affordable housing and sell their environmentally-friendly buildings back to the city.
Finance Committee Chair Pat Dowell said the plan would simply benefit affluent communities and do little to uplift marginalized communities where “affordable rent is the same as market rent.”
