Housing regulations Archives - Evanston Now

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Government

City plans revamp of rental inspection program

Rental properties that draw few complaints would only be inspected by Evanston's Health Department once every five years under policy changes to be presented to the Human Services Committee Wednesday.

By Bill Smith on September 4, 2017 - 9:11 pm

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Government

Candidates vow to lift housing limits

Aldermanic candidates, and mayoral candidate Mark Tendam, drew praise Wednesday evening from affordable housing advocates when they vowed to repeal Evanston ordinances restricting housing occupancy, accessory uses and tiny homes.

By Bill Smith on March 16, 2017 - 1:49 pm

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Real Estate

Panel gets plan to cut parking requirements

Evanston's Transportation and Parking Committee this week is scheduled to review a proposal from city staff that would dramatically reduce the amount of parking required for new residential developments in

By Bill Smith on August 22, 2016 - 2:53 pm

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Real Estate

City eyes trimming parking rules near transit

City staff will soon recommend that aldermen reduce the amount of parking required at new multi-family housing developments near the city's 10 mass transit stations. The city now requires between

By Bill Smith on July 27, 2016 - 3:15 pm

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Real Estate

Revised plan for disruptive tenants wins council vote

A new plan to deal with disruptive tenants sailed through an initial vote at the Evanston City Council Monday night -- in sharp contract to the angry response from landlords

By Bill Smith on June 21, 2016 - 1:47 pm

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Real Estate

Council gets new plan to deal with disruptive tenants

Evanston aldermen tonight are scheduled to review a plan to try to better respond to complaints of crime and other disruptive activity by tenants of rental properties in the city.

By Bill Smith on June 20, 2016 - 2:32 pm

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Real Estate

Panel backs landlord-tenant rule changes

A city subcommittee reached agreement Thursday evening on a new plan for dealing with nuisance conditions at rental properties in Evanston. The plan, drafted by Assistant City Attorney Michelle Masoncup,

By Bill Smith on June 3, 2016 - 11:34 am

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Real Estate

Pace of property inspections appears to be slowing

Based on data presented at a city committee meeting Wednesday evening, it appears that the pace of rental property inspections in Evanston is slowing. Assistant Health Director Carl Caneva presented

By Bill Smith on April 21, 2016 - 1:55 pm

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Real Estate

New HUD rules may crimp ‘nuisance property’ efforts

New guidelines issued by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development may complicate Evanston's efforts to develop a strategy to deal with what city officials call nuisance conditions at

By Bill Smith on April 14, 2016 - 1:45 pm

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Real Estate

Panel seeks better ‘nuisance property’ approach

A panel of landlords and aldermen appeared to make progress Wednesday evening in developing a kinder, gentler approach to reducing nuisance problems at rental properties in Evanston. Members of the

By Bill Smith on April 7, 2016 - 12:11 pm

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Real Estate

Parking rules seen as barrier to affordable housing

A new study from the Center for Neighborhood Technology says government rules continue to force housing developers to provide an excessive amount of parking, which inflates housing costs. The latest study

By Bill Smith on March 30, 2016 - 3:02 pm

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Government

Landlord licensing goes down in flames

Evanston aldermen Monday unanimously rejected a landlord licensing scheme proposed by city staff and voted to create a special subcommittee to study possible revisions to its nuisance premises ordinance and

By Bill Smith on March 15, 2016 - 12:32 pm

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Real Estate

Farrar: Eviction rules may need revision

At a meeting with landlords Wednesday evening Evanston City Attorney Grant Farrar conceded that some revisions likely are needed to rules regarding evictions in a pair of ordinances now being

By Bill Smith on March 3, 2016 - 12:31 pm

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Government

More transparency needed on rentals

It's not clear whether Evanston really needs a bigger club to hold over the heads of landlords, but residents definitely would benefit from more transparency around the city's rental housing

By Bill Smith on February 25, 2016 - 4:06 pm

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Government

Landlords say licensing won’t work

More than a dozen landlords told aldermen this week that the city's proposed new scheme of property regulations won't work. Dan Schermerhorn of Schermerhorn & Co. said landlords want to help

By Bill Smith on February 24, 2016 - 9:03 pm

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Real Estate

How the city wants to regulate property

A new scheme pending before the Evanston City Council would establish a complex matrix of city regulation over buildings in town. It's billed as an effort to reduce public safety and quality

By Bill Smith on February 24, 2016 - 1:57 pm

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