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“We’re facing a housing crisis, in my district and across the state,” said state Rep. Will Guzzardi. “More and more people can’t afford to pay rising rents or keep up with mortgage and tax payments, and buying a first home feels out of reach for too many.”
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With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
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Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
With all the vacant buildings in Chicago, there is no need to change housing laws to allow people to cram affordable housing on already small lots in the surrounding suburbs. The businesses are not coming back to downtown so they might as well just make a huge housing project out of the Willis Tower next time it goes up for sale.