Among the many affordable housing factoids bandied about during last night’s Village Council workshop session, this one stood out: Based on sales over the last 30 days, it will take 21 years to absorb all the houses currently on the market in Downers Grove. This information was supplied by Jeff Merrinette, director of governmental affairs [...]
Council-watchers will be interested to see how commissioners respond to the Ad Hoc Committee on Housing’s final report at tonight’s workshop session. Of particular interest is whether the council will accept the report as the final word that there is no looming shortage of affordable housing in Downers Grove — or whether there will be [...]
The Ad Hoc Committee on Housing will report its conclusions to the Village Council Tuesday, potentially setting off yet another round of debate on whether or not Downers Grove has a looming shortage of affordable housing. The AHCH concluded it doesn’t — although others in the community, who brought the issue to the fore more [...]
The Ad Hoc Committee on Housing determined tonight that Downers Grove does not have a a shortage or looming shortage of attainable or middle income housing. The committee reached the decision by a 6-3 vote, with Erin Vaughn, Jack Dare and Tim Meaney in the minority. Commissioner Marilyn Schnell, who chaired the committee in an [...]
In less than four short months, proponents of affordable housing in Downers Grove have managed not only to get their issue on the public radar, but to extract commitments from Village Council candidates and current council members to keep it there. At a March 18 forum hosted by the DuPage United Downers Grove Housing Team, [...]
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