Chicago Committee on Housing and Real Estate Meeting Summary – April 15, 2025
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The Chicago Committee on Housing and Real Estate convened on April 15, 2025, approving multiple appointments to the Chicago Low-Income Housing Trust Fund Board, designating a property as a Low-Affordability Community, and passing several ordinances related to city-owned property sales and redevelopment projects.
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- Approved appointments of 13 members to the Chicago Low-Income Housing Trust Fund Board.
- Passed designation of 4920 N Sheridan Rd as a Low-Affordability Community (48th Ward).
- Authorized negotiations to acquire multiple parcels on South Exchange Ave and East 79th St for mixed-use redevelopment (7th Ward).
- Approved sale of city-owned properties at 339 N Parkside Ave and 5631/5637 W Lake St to Root2Fruit Youth Foundation for community plaza development (29th Ward).
- Approved sale of city-owned property at 557 N Central Ave to Territory NFP for neighborhood gathering space (37th Ward).
- Approved sale of multiple city-owned lots at East 60th St, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr, and South Calumet Ave to Sunshine Community Development Corporation for community center campus construction (20th Ward).
- Held in committee the call to rescind statewide preemption of rent control laws and the sale of city-owned property at 3901 S Halsted St for highway improvement (11th Ward).
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Committee on Housing and Real Estate
The Agenda was amended Friday, April 11, 2025
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Documents from this meeting
- Agendahttps://occprodstoragev1.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/meetingattachmentspublic/0750b75c-a1c3-43b2-98d5-9d4e97ae296f.pdf
- Noticehttps://occprodstoragev1.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/meetingattachmentspublic/1202f3c0-e7a2-41d6-8334-6e6a8e0e855a.pdf
- Summaryhttps://occprodstoragev1.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/meetingattachmentspublic/698c555c-4ce0-4005-a545-586ea2dce0dd.pdf
- Summaryhttps://occprodstoragev1.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/meetingattachmentspublic/e6587cad-2e95-4d72-9079-3b32c6e8d1f6.pdf
- Agendahttps://occprodstoragev1.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/meetingattachmentspublic/a5c6c684-6734-49dc-ba1e-ee1e625f428d.pdf
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