Committee on Housing and Real Estate Meeting Summary - February 18, 2025
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The Committee on Housing and Real Estate met on February 18, 2025, following a recess from February 11. The meeting included approval of board appointments to the Chicago Low-Income Housing Trust Fund, and action on multiple real estate transactions including property sales under the ChiBlockBuilder platform, redevelopment agreements, and acquisitions for community projects.
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- Approved January Rule 45 Report
- Held in committee: Eight appointments to Chicago Low-Income Housing Trust Fund Board (Samuel Paler-Ponce, Milka Ramirez, Isabel Kennon, Lynette McRae, Cameron Kinch, Meredith Muir, David Kern, Fatmah Farraj)
- Held in committee: First amendment to Heritage Pointe II redevelopment agreement for sale of 9 city-owned lots at W Walnut St to Joudeh Investments LLC and MKB Business Strategies LLC
- Passed: First amendment to Sunshine Gospel Ministries redevelopment agreement for sale of 7 city-owned lots at S Calumet Ave
- Passed: Sale of 9 city-owned lots at W Lake St to Firebird Community Arts for community arts center construction
- Passed: Acquisition of 7 properties for Englewood Nature Trail Project
- Passed: Pedestrian access easement agreement on city property at 6025 S Rhodes Ave
- Passed: Multiple ChiBlockBuilder platform property sales to individual buyers and developers across multiple wards
- Passed: Sale of 3 vacant city-owned parcels at W 119th St to West Pullman Development Partners LLC for light industrial facility
- Passed: Redevelopment agreement for vacant fire station at 6411 S Central Ave for single family home conversion
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Committee on Housing and Real Estate
Reconvened from February 11, 2025 with a revised written public comment deadline of February 18, 2025, 8:00 AM
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Documents from this meeting
- Noticehttps://occprodstoragev1.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/meetingattachmentspublic/6552c4df-e199-43f0-9f24-381cb05c0ffd.pdf
- Agendahttps://occprodstoragev1.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/meetingattachmentspublic/60ff371b-ac8e-4156-8526-d66f2d7da3f2.pdf
- Summaryhttps://occprodstoragev1.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/meetingattachmentspublic/c9e07e7c-ecaf-479c-9d23-503af3adbd37.pdf
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