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November 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Housing moving forward! 💪
“Overwhelming positive feedback” 👀
(We posted about this back in September)
“Overwhelming positive feedback” 👀
(We posted about this back in September)
November 5, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Housing moving forward! 💪
“Overwhelming positive feedback” 👀
(We posted about this back in September)
“Overwhelming positive feedback” 👀
(We posted about this back in September)
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It’s witness slip time! 🚨
Transit funding bill SB2111 has been assigned to committee and we need folks to file witness slips as PROPONENT immediately!
The attached graphic provides guidance for submitting a slip.
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Transit funding bill SB2111 has been assigned to committee and we need folks to file witness slips as PROPONENT immediately!
The attached graphic provides guidance for submitting a slip.
mbl.ms/mKgZnW7m-BQ
October 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
It’s witness slip time! 🚨
Transit funding bill SB2111 has been assigned to committee and we need folks to file witness slips as PROPONENT immediately!
The attached graphic provides guidance for submitting a slip.
mbl.ms/mKgZnW7m-BQ
Transit funding bill SB2111 has been assigned to committee and we need folks to file witness slips as PROPONENT immediately!
The attached graphic provides guidance for submitting a slip.
mbl.ms/mKgZnW7m-BQ
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thank you to so many who engaged in this community driven process! Our transit rich wards are some of the most diverse in Chi across race, class, LGBTQ+; Broadway land use means more opportunities for small biz & affordable housing opportunities near the red line. Now, let’s build better together!
October 16, 2025 at 10:38 PM
thank you to so many who engaged in this community driven process! Our transit rich wards are some of the most diverse in Chi across race, class, LGBTQ+; Broadway land use means more opportunities for small biz & affordable housing opportunities near the red line. Now, let’s build better together!
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Rezoning: just one tool to make communities more affordable, vibrant & safe. We need investments throughout the entire landscape: $$ CTA, protecting SROs & NOAH, ADU reform, a culture for multimodal city living with accessible social supports to live with dignity blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/18/b...
Broadway Rezoning Fight Intensifies In Edgewater, With Some Neighbors Taking Out Billboards
After a group of neighbors hired an attorney to fight the city's plan to allow taller, denser buildings, others launched a digital campaign in support of the rezoning — and they hope to see it move fo...
blockclubchicago.org
September 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Rezoning: just one tool to make communities more affordable, vibrant & safe. We need investments throughout the entire landscape: $$ CTA, protecting SROs & NOAH, ADU reform, a culture for multimodal city living with accessible social supports to live with dignity blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/18/b...
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My latest for @bloomberg.com Citylab:
Parking reform might be the rare issue that Chicagoans can agree on
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Parking reform might be the rare issue that Chicagoans can agree on
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
To Boost Housing, Chicago Kills Parking Minimums
As part of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s efforts to eliminate zoning rules that block new home construction, the city joins a national parking policy reform movement.
www.bloomberg.com
August 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
My latest for @bloomberg.com Citylab:
Parking reform might be the rare issue that Chicagoans can agree on
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Parking reform might be the rare issue that Chicagoans can agree on
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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At the risk of getting yelled at, this is part of why I keep saying blue state NIMBYism is a travesty for democracy. When we make it so that low-income immigrants, LGBTQ people and pregnant people can't afford to live where they want, think about what they end up being subject to.
Which means a baby born in New York to undocumented parents will be a citizen. But a baby born to undocumented parents in Kentucky will not be a citizen.
This is madness.
This is madness.
June 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
At the risk of getting yelled at, this is part of why I keep saying blue state NIMBYism is a travesty for democracy. When we make it so that low-income immigrants, LGBTQ people and pregnant people can't afford to live where they want, think about what they end up being subject to.
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Tell the 1st Ward that you support *at least* 50 new homes (and fewer parking spots) on the vacant lot located at 2240 N. Milwaukee!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
2240 North Milwaukee
This is a feedback form for a new redevelopment proposal of a longstanding vacant lot at 2240 North Milwaukee. The lot previously had a Type 1 zoning map amendment to establish a 40-unit building, whi...
docs.google.com
June 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Tell the 1st Ward that you support *at least* 50 new homes (and fewer parking spots) on the vacant lot located at 2240 N. Milwaukee!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Just walked out of this 2.5 hour meeting with two of my offline roommates, and they’ve totally been radicalized by the NONSENSE that happened during public comment.
Requiring neighborhood approval for housing is a nightmare. We shouldn’t expect normal people to spend their evenings this way.
Requiring neighborhood approval for housing is a nightmare. We shouldn’t expect normal people to spend their evenings this way.
At this meeting for a 5 story 40 unit development I heard a new NIMBY objection
“I’m against this because the rental community could have pedophiles that look into my windows”
“I’m against this because the rental community could have pedophiles that look into my windows”
May 22, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Just walked out of this 2.5 hour meeting with two of my offline roommates, and they’ve totally been radicalized by the NONSENSE that happened during public comment.
Requiring neighborhood approval for housing is a nightmare. We shouldn’t expect normal people to spend their evenings this way.
Requiring neighborhood approval for housing is a nightmare. We shouldn’t expect normal people to spend their evenings this way.
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We need your help to get two abundant housing bills over the finish line! Send an email to your State Representative today. 🏘️
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell ILGA to Act on ADUs & Missing Middle Housing!
Bills legalizing accessory dwelling units (HB 1813) and missing middle housing (HB 1814) have been introduced at the Illinois General Assembly! ADUs, also known as coach houses or backyard cottages, ...
actionnetwork.org
May 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
We need your help to get two abundant housing bills over the finish line! Send an email to your State Representative today. 🏘️
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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This coach house was built in 2023 by the couple who own the property to have a place for their mother in law to live in and help take care of their newborn child.
The “granny flat” is real.
The “granny flat” is real.
April 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
This coach house was built in 2023 by the couple who own the property to have a place for their mother in law to live in and help take care of their newborn child.
The “granny flat” is real.
The “granny flat” is real.
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Given clarifications from the Administration about the China tariffs, @budgetlab.bsky.social has updated its estimates to reflect a 145% maximum China rate from 2025 policy versus the 125% we assumed before. The report link is the same.
Some key takeaways...
1/7
Some key takeaways...
1/7
April 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Given clarifications from the Administration about the China tariffs, @budgetlab.bsky.social has updated its estimates to reflect a 145% maximum China rate from 2025 policy versus the 125% we assumed before. The report link is the same.
Some key takeaways...
1/7
Some key takeaways...
1/7
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8 THOUGHT ON ONE OF THE CRAZIEST DAYS EVER
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April 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
8 THOUGHT ON ONE OF THE CRAZIEST DAYS EVER
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This afternoon, the IL House’s Housing Committee moved forward bills that would legalize ADUs statewide and missing middle housing statewide! 🏘️ 🥳
Abundant Housing IL endorsed both of these bills, and our members sent over 1,500 letters of support to Chair Jimenez and Speaker Welch
#HB1813 #HB1814
Abundant Housing IL endorsed both of these bills, and our members sent over 1,500 letters of support to Chair Jimenez and Speaker Welch
#HB1813 #HB1814
March 21, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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🚨 HOUSING ALERT 🚨
Today, the IL House's Housing Committee didn't give our ADU and Missing Middle bills a hearing 😱
If they aren't given a hearing before Friday, these bills could be dead for the year 😨
Tell Chair Jimenez and Speaker Welch to advance these bills!
actionnetwork.org/letters/we-n...
Today, the IL House's Housing Committee didn't give our ADU and Missing Middle bills a hearing 😱
If they aren't given a hearing before Friday, these bills could be dead for the year 😨
Tell Chair Jimenez and Speaker Welch to advance these bills!
actionnetwork.org/letters/we-n...
We need housing now!
In a bizarre turn of events, the Illinois House's Housing Committee didn't give any of the housing legalization bills a hearing. The Chair of the Housing committee failed to put four bills addressing ...
actionnetwork.org
March 20, 2025 at 1:27 AM
🚨 HOUSING ALERT 🚨
Today, the IL House's Housing Committee didn't give our ADU and Missing Middle bills a hearing 😱
If they aren't given a hearing before Friday, these bills could be dead for the year 😨
Tell Chair Jimenez and Speaker Welch to advance these bills!
actionnetwork.org/letters/we-n...
Today, the IL House's Housing Committee didn't give our ADU and Missing Middle bills a hearing 😱
If they aren't given a hearing before Friday, these bills could be dead for the year 😨
Tell Chair Jimenez and Speaker Welch to advance these bills!
actionnetwork.org/letters/we-n...
Here’s a frustrating one a 5 min walk from the L in Logan Square. A developer bought two empty lots and wanted to build a 6 unit building but Waguespack downzoned to RS-3. The result? Two $1.9 million SFHs.
blockclubchicago.org/2024/01/02/f...
blockclubchicago.org/2024/01/02/f...
March 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Here’s a frustrating one a 5 min walk from the L in Logan Square. A developer bought two empty lots and wanted to build a 6 unit building but Waguespack downzoned to RS-3. The result? Two $1.9 million SFHs.
blockclubchicago.org/2024/01/02/f...
blockclubchicago.org/2024/01/02/f...
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if just about every one-story Walgreens store in Chicago was redeveloped as housing, the zoning map is set up to allow thousands of new homes
find my estimated quantity in this quick & dirty analysis: www.stevencanplan.com/2025/03/rede...
find my estimated quantity in this quick & dirty analysis: www.stevencanplan.com/2025/03/rede...
Redevelopment potential of the Walgreens stores in Chicago
There are 110 Walgreens in Chicago that are mapped in OpenStreetMap. If a bunch of Walgreens stores are going to close after the company’s acquisition by a private equity firm what would the …
www.stevencanplan.com
March 8, 2025 at 3:09 AM
if just about every one-story Walgreens store in Chicago was redeveloped as housing, the zoning map is set up to allow thousands of new homes
find my estimated quantity in this quick & dirty analysis: www.stevencanplan.com/2025/03/rede...
find my estimated quantity in this quick & dirty analysis: www.stevencanplan.com/2025/03/rede...
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Thank you @abundanthousingil.bsky.social for bringing us together. Your volunteers rock! 🎸
Waitress: “are you all celebrating something?”
Me: “Yes! The Broadway Land Use Framework, which passed through the Plan Commission last week! It will allow 18,000 more homes in the neighborhood”
Thank you for your leadership on housing @leniann.bsky.social!
Me: “Yes! The Broadway Land Use Framework, which passed through the Plan Commission last week! It will allow 18,000 more homes in the neighborhood”
Thank you for your leadership on housing @leniann.bsky.social!
February 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Thank you @abundanthousingil.bsky.social for bringing us together. Your volunteers rock! 🎸
Going to a plan commission meeting to support new housing last week felt way better than I expected it to feel. The other added benefit of getting involved locally is making new friends that share your passions!
Local affairs and politics are something I know I can actually have an impact on, so when the world feels like too much, I’m happy to focus on something “small” like fighting for safe pedestrian crossings in my neighborhood. open.substack.com/pub/tinylila...
February 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Going to a plan commission meeting to support new housing last week felt way better than I expected it to feel. The other added benefit of getting involved locally is making new friends that share your passions!
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Will Loux just gave a public comment outling how the community input process for development is unfair, because people like him who want to be a good dad and spend time with his family don't have time to go to the 10+ meetings to approve one development
Get the alders out of their bubbles!
Get the alders out of their bubbles!
February 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Will Loux just gave a public comment outling how the community input process for development is unfair, because people like him who want to be a good dad and spend time with his family don't have time to go to the 10+ meetings to approve one development
Get the alders out of their bubbles!
Get the alders out of their bubbles!
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one thing that @abundanthousingil.bsky.social members do to support the need for more housing in Chicago and across the state is write letters to the editor, like what @danielcomeaux.bsky.social did today.
chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-t...
chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-t...
![screenshot of Daniel Comeaux's letter to the editor explaining that limiting housing production, which is something that 2nd Ward Ald. Hopkins did to the Fern Hill proposal called Old Town Canvas. [the full text is at the link]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:s3dlzbkosetuepegdgtf3ez2/bafkreiazlsxcd6rktvd5bpzmhkmyscecek45ydxiciruyhgcmvrip2ajsu@jpeg)
February 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
one thing that @abundanthousingil.bsky.social members do to support the need for more housing in Chicago and across the state is write letters to the editor, like what @danielcomeaux.bsky.social did today.
chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-t...
chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-t...
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Wall Street on tariff policy:
February 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Wall Street on tariff policy:
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This post gives excellent context on the history and financial challenges of the two-flat in Chicago, and I think pairs well with my discussions of deconversions and neighborhood dynamics.
You should give it a read, but I'll highlight a few takeaways here
charliecohen.substack.com/p/the-death-...
You should give it a read, but I'll highlight a few takeaways here
charliecohen.substack.com/p/the-death-...
January 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This post gives excellent context on the history and financial challenges of the two-flat in Chicago, and I think pairs well with my discussions of deconversions and neighborhood dynamics.
You should give it a read, but I'll highlight a few takeaways here
charliecohen.substack.com/p/the-death-...
You should give it a read, but I'll highlight a few takeaways here
charliecohen.substack.com/p/the-death-...
A great follow up on his Logan Square piece on different points along the gentrification curve. My anecdotal experience of living in Logan Square confirms that we are at the early stages of huge demand from families in Logan Square. My street has added several children over the last year.
From 2010-2020, North Center was the Chicago neighborhood with the fastest growth in children. But surprisingly, its housing stock actually declined over that period!
In my new post, I take a look at Chicago's hottest neighborhood for families and think about some important housing dynamics.
In my new post, I take a look at Chicago's hottest neighborhood for families and think about some important housing dynamics.
Family growth, deconversions and housing supply in North Center
What we can learn from Chicago's hottest neighborhood for families
pencillingout.substack.com
January 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
A great follow up on his Logan Square piece on different points along the gentrification curve. My anecdotal experience of living in Logan Square confirms that we are at the early stages of huge demand from families in Logan Square. My street has added several children over the last year.
These two new construction SFHs in Logan Square just sold for $1.9 million without being officially listed. More proof that demand remains very strong in Logan Square despite much higher rates.
January 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
These two new construction SFHs in Logan Square just sold for $1.9 million without being officially listed. More proof that demand remains very strong in Logan Square despite much higher rates.