News in brief: Aldermen to reexamine revenue plans, Board of Ethics members confirmed to new terms
Developers had a message on Wednesday for aldermen and city housing officials who want more deeply affordable and accessible housing units to be included in high-end new developments: don’t expect us to pay for all that by ourselves.
News in brief: Top city lawyer puts aldermen on notice; Watchdogs lay out roadmap to court clerk’s office reform
Aldermen on Wednesday will offer ideas on how to rewrite the city’s Affordable Requirements Ordinance, a months-in-the-making project to stamp Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s imprint on a controversial and evolving housing policy.
The city’s overwhelmed network of homeless shelters is ill-prepared to handle the long-term fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic and its resulting economic devastation, a top city official warned aldermen on Monday.
Aldermen will get the chance on Tuesday to ask city officials and researchers for more details about a recent report that threw cast doubts on the idea of wresting control of the city’s electric utility away from Commonwealth Edison.