Humboldt Park and other West Side neighborhoods, with Chicago's downtown skyline in the distance.
between households that need affordable housing options and actual affordable housing units available, directly contributing to the more than 65,000 people experiencing homelessness in the city.In addition to the city’s housing crisis, Chicago buildings are a massive culprit of the city’s high carbon footprint. Chicago’sshows that 69% of greenhouse gas emissions that year came from stationary energy sources, 52% of which came from residential, commercial and institutional buildings.
Until air conditioning became more common in the 1960s, historical buildings were built with sustainable components due to the technological limitations of their time. Building off these existing foundations is a cost-effective solution that also preserves the integrity of the original design. Additionally, since many historical buildings are protected by preservation agencies and registries, the buildings can get tax benefits, saving more money throughout the life of the building.
Why is it government’s responsibility to provide “affordable housing”?
Lightfood will screw this up too, will spend 10 times what you and I would spend to create unit, I would build units in a field in Kansas, and get people out of the city, crime, murder, fresh starts in nice houses for great value, and get them educated and jobs
Because the urban strategy is big development especially condos, they consume less services but have to pay high taxes. A perfect formula for politicians that would never dream of cutting spending, except law enforcement that it.
From Chicago. Knowing how it works half the money they get will go to payoff politicians. Read about the pulling down Cabrini Green and promises not kept. Built $500,000 townhouses on the land.