Lightfoot plans to increase crisis intervention training for police and firefighters and create a plan for public agencies to coordinate with one another as well as mental health providers when responding to emergency calls, the mayor’s office said Thursday. Lightfoot also announced creation of a new position, the Victim Services Coordinator, who will be tasked with connecting residents with city and community trauma-response services after incidents.

The efforts are included under the $9.3 million expansion of the city’s mental health services budget.

Loosening up zoning rules that allow only single-family homes would make way for nearly a quarter of a million new dwelling units, according to Zillow.

Because fears of an impending recession have largely dissipated and interest rates have stayed low all year after inching upward in late 2018, it’s hard to blame Chicago’s droopy sales on factors that aren’t specific to this region. Local factors in buyers’ hesitance include high property taxes, the likelihood that they will go up more and uncertainty about the future fiscal health of the city and state.