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Samir Mayekar, Lightfoot’s deputy mayor for economic and neighborhood development, said landlords and lenders, who in a few cases might end up controlling properties, are eager for the city’s help. Redevelopment plans could serve the interests of both historic preservation and affordable housing, he said. “Equity is not achieved on its own,” Mayekar said. “The free market will not lead to affordable housing downtown without the city’s involvement.”
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
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.
Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
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“the narrative that people and businesses are exiting in droves just doesn’t stand up.”
Sorry Roeder but the people and businesses who pay the highest taxes are indeed exiting the city in droves.
Turn LaSalle Street into the Taj Mahal of abortion mills. That would intersect with Chicago values…..
City Hall Wants To Turn La Salle Street Into The New Cabrini Green With Low Income Housing
“None of this registers with “hellhole” hatemongers who denigrate Chicago at every turn.”
LOL, they’re really freaked out about Bailey. He’s bursting their little blue bubble and are starting to realize that yes, most of the country sees chicago as a hellhole,
Moreover, there’s no talk about, you know, making the area safe again, and increasing chicago’s population. Amazing how an increasing population will fill up people pretty quickly. But with declining populations, empty buildings are underused, or abandoned, and now they want to put low income housing on LaSalle.