Fast-tracking Chicago’s housing, commercial development – Chicago Sun-Times

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s “Cut the Tape” report takes aim at bureaucracy that bogs down building in the city.

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Streeterville
1 month ago

Cut the red-tape? Get rid of the subsidized housing set-aside requirements, and watch the residential high-rise boom in response.

Only reason LaSalle Street high-rises are being converted to residential apartment high-rises is because City of Chicago (Mayor) is offering $150 million worth of real estate tax-breaks, in addition to Fed affordable housing loans. Johnson is buying these projects, at significant out-of-pocket cost to Chicago’s remaining real estate taxpayers. Bum deal. Bum mayor.

Ataraxis
1 month ago

Soviets lament Soviet bureaucracy. Will create new 5 year plan to increase cement production to build more apartment blocks. A new Soviet Day is dawning, comrades!

Wyatt Earp
1 month ago

Old Zippy would be better off naming it,
“ Cut the Cheese “.
As a famous prison warden once said,
“ Lordie it disappeared like a fart in the wind”.

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