Like the pilot program, the proposed ordinance yet again increases the percentage of affordable units required while offering no economic offset in return. This approach will further stifle new development and, therefore, work against the goals of the city and local developers. It also leads to fewer construction-related jobs, not to mention lost real estate tax revenue.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.