Committee on Housing and Real Estate — Summary of Reports, December 3, 2025
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Meeting held Wednesday, December 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM (local) / 18:30 UTC in the City Council Chamber, 2nd Floor, City Hall, 121 North LaSalle Street, Chicago. Status: Scheduled & Published. Agenda covered property acquisitions and disposals, conversion of the Chicago Community Land Trust into a bureau within the Department of Housing, lease renewals, and a postponed subject matter hearing on the 5-Year Homelessness Plan.
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- Approved Monthly Rule 45 Report (November 13, 2025).
- Passed amendment to the November 7, 2023 ordinance to acquire 11414 S Halsted St from Albertsons LLC for use by the City as a migrant shelter (Introduced by Alderman Mosley).
- Passed as substitute: amendments to Municipal Code Sections 2-44-080, 2-44-085 and 2-44-135 to dissolve the Chicago Community Land Trust (a.k.a. Chicago Housing Trust) and allow its formation as a bureau within the Department of Housing (City‑Wide).
- Passed renewed and amended lease agreements: L.F.L. Properties, Inc. for 4310 W North Ave (36th Ward) and 4615 Homer LLC for 4615 W Homer St (36th Ward).
- Held in committee: second amendment to right-of-entry use agreement with Columbia Yacht Club for renewed access to City-owned parking lot under northbound lanes of S DuSable Lake Shore Drive, north of E Randolph St (42nd Ward).
- Passed multiple sales of City-owned property (Department of Planning and Development): 515 E Bowen Ave to Landex Holding Company LLC — Market Rate $90,000; 4018 S Ellis Ave to 4020 S Ellis Condominium Association — Market Rate $65,000; 514-516 E 50th St to Walton Street Builders LLC — Market Rate $28,773.84; 6118 & 6122 S Stewart Ave to Rita Woodard — $1,012 (10% of market value).
- Passed real estate exchange and related sales for 5413 S Calumet Ave to Lake Park Associates, Inc.: a land swap with 5526 S Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive (equal land exchange) and sale of four City-owned lots at $1.00 each (addresses and dimensions listed in the document).
- Passed transfer of City-owned property at 8385 S Birkhoff Ave / 8319 S Vincennes Ave to the Chicago Park District for $1.00 (lot size 1.21 acres).
- Noted postponement: the previously scheduled Subject Matter Hearing on the 5-Year Homelessness Plan has been postponed until further notice.
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Committee on Housing and Real Estate
Written Public Comment Deadline: December 2, 2025, 5:00 P.M.
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- Summaryhttps://occprodstoragev1.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/meetingattachmentspublic/0550650b-bbb5-4ed1-b43d-b39caf5c5319.pdf
- Noticehttps://occprodstoragev1.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/meetingattachmentspublic/069ba3e7-c69e-4aa5-8008-256dc60fea2a.pdf
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