Ald. Marty Quinn’s proposed ordinance would restrict additional dwelling units in Chicago to just 20 percent of the city and add costly labor mandates. It also boosts each alderman’s power over what Chicagoans can do with their own homes.
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.
Single family homes are just that. If people in single family homes wanted apartments, these’d live in one.