Affordable housing Archives - Evanston Now

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Reparations panel votes for housing loan program

Evanston's Reparations Subcommittee this morning agreed on the structure of a program that would give black residents who suffered housing discrimination as a result of city actions forgivable loans to

By Bill Smith on June 19, 2020 - 3:53 pm

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Realtor: Make grants to home buyers for reparations

In a presentation to a Reparations Subcommittee meeting Friday, a Los Angeles-based real estate broker urged that Evanston use its planned reparation fund to make grants to prospective home buyers to

By Bill Smith on February 22, 2020 - 4:28 pm

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Gabel bill would legalize ADUs statewide

Local governments across Illinois would have to permit both attached and detached accessory dwelling units under legislation introduced in Springfield by State Rep. Robyn Gabel of Evanston. Evanston recently changed

By Bill Smith on February 21, 2020 - 8:53 pm

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Studies: New housing has modest impact on existing rents

Recent studies indicate construction of new luxury rental apartments has only a modest impact on rents for existing apartments in a neighborhood. One study, from Xiaodi Li a doctoral fellow at

By Bill Smith on February 16, 2020 - 4:10 pm

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Plan panel vote prioritizes streets over housing

Evanston's Plan Commission voted 4-2 Wednesday evening to maintain a zoning overlay restriction that effectively bars development of long-vacant parcels in the 5th Ward for housing by designating them for use

By Bill Smith on February 13, 2020 - 6:20 pm

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Rezoning sought for townhouse development

Evanston's Plan Commission tonight is scheduled to consider a request to remove zoning restrictions imposed more than a decade ago that effectively block redevelopment of a section of abandoned railroad right of

By Bill Smith on February 12, 2020 - 3:56 pm

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Could rezoning be a form of reparations?

How zoning impedes affordable housing and whether rezoning could help provide reparations for past discrimination became a topic of discussion at Friday's meeting of the Evanston City Council's Reparations Subcommittee. Carol Nielsen

By Bill Smith on February 8, 2020 - 5:14 pm

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Chicago-Howard project moves forward

Developer David Brown won approval from Evanston's Design and Project Review Committee this afternoon for changes to his proposed mixed use development at 100 Chicago Ave. The changes reconfigure the

By Bill Smith on January 30, 2020 - 1:47 am

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Staff balks at waiving fees for affordable ADUs

City staff will ask aldermen Tuesday to reject a suggestion from Alderman Cicely Fleming, 9th Ward, that the city waive building permit fees for coach houses and other accessory dwelling

By Bill Smith on January 17, 2020 - 4:54 pm

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Study would explore creating affordable housing for artists

The City Council will be asked Tuesday to approve spending $25,000 for a preliminary feasibility study from a Minneapolis-based group regarding the prospects of creating affordable housing for artists in Evanston. In a

By Bill Smith on January 16, 2020 - 4:40 pm

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Council opens zoning for more coach houses

Aldermen gave final approval this week to a package of zoning changes designed to encourage the construction of detached accessory dwelling units, more commonly known as coach houses, in Evanston. The

By Bill Smith on January 15, 2020 - 2:42 pm

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Study: City lacks subsidized assisted-living options

A study presented to Evanston's Housing and Homelessnes Commission concludes the city has an large unmet need for subsidized assisted living units for seniors. The study, from Glenview-based Sawgrass Partners,

By Bill Smith on January 14, 2020 - 12:05 pm

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Aldermen to vote on 60-unit senior housing development

Evanston aldermen tonight are scheduled to review plans for a 60-unit subsidized senior housing development at 999 Howard St. The developers are also seeking $2 million in city funds to help

By Bill Smith on January 13, 2020 - 2:50 pm

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Neighbors knock church plan for affordable housing

Leaders of Mt. Pisgah Church came in for a wave of criticism Wednesday night as they presented plans for a new affordable housing development at a 5th Ward meeting at

By Bill Smith on January 9, 2020 - 2:19 pm

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Wilmette eyes scattered-site affordable housing plan

The Plan Commission in Wilmette is scheduled Tuesday to review a proposal for a new planned development that offers an approach to providing affordable housing that may be of interest

By Bill Smith on January 5, 2020 - 3:57 pm

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Aldermen: Coach houses OK behind ranch homes

Evanston aldermen voted Monday to allow construction of two-story coach houses behind single-family homes -- overturning, at city staff's request, a restriction recommended by the city's Plan Commission. The Plan

By Bill Smith on December 10, 2019 - 4:30 pm

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