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Owners, managers of apartment buildings invited to Oct. 14 breakfast to learn about new public resources available to maintain property
  • Sep 27, 2011
South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association, partners will explain new resources as well as local efforts to preserve rental homes The South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association (SSMMA) invites owners and managers of multifamily rental properties to attend a free breakfast, underwritten by…
Affordable housing vs. workforce housing
Is “affordable housing” a bad word? Does “workforce housing” or “housing for the workforce” conjure a more desirable image than “affordable housing?” When MPC was project manager of the 1999 Regional Rental Market Analysis, focus groups and…
Interactive public workshops in Hazel Crest, Lansing, Olympia Fields, Park Forest will shape future housing planning
  • May 27, 2011
Through the Homes for a Changing Region project, four south suburbs will engage the public around strategies to meet each village’s future housing needs The public is encouraged to attend interactive workshop events, on June 14 and 15, 2011, in four south suburbs: Hazel Crest, Lansing,…
Regional Housing Initiative offers funding to developers and owners of rental housing in Cook, Lake, McHenry and Will counties
A new rolling application process allows developers and owners of affordable housing to submit proposals at any time.
MPC to lead national EAH working group
Building on MPC's expertise designing and implementing employer-assisted housing (EAH) programs, in 2011, MPC will chair the National Housing Conference's Employer-Assisted Housing Working Group. This working group convenes monthly, via conference call, to share information about EAH best…
News, lessons from National Housing Conference-Center for Housing Policy symposium resonate in Illinois
Well, that whet my appetite! After the first day of the National Housing Conference-Center for Housing Policy “Partners in Innovation” symposium, I don’t know which I found more encouraging: The way Shelley Poticha kicked off the conference with frank and inspiring reflections on…
Riverdale's Whistler Crossing: award-winning community, media darling
At MPC's 2010 Annual Luncheon on Monday, MPC and the luncheon's Presenting Sponsor PNC awarded the 2010 Burnham Award for Excellence in Planning to the Whistler Crossing community in south suburban Riverdale, Ill. What was once the struggling community known as Pacesetter is now Whistler Crossing,…
Renovated affordable homes to be showcased in Chicago Lawn this Saturday
A number of renovated affordable homes in the Chicago Lawn community on Chicago’s Southwest Side will be featured during a home tour this Saturday, June 12. These homes are among a group of Chicago properties that have been rehabbed through the Neighborhood Stabilization Program, the goal of…
MPC in Springfield: 2010 legislative update
MPC has some unfinished legislative business in Springfield, which we’ll continue to work on this summer in anticipation of the fall veto session and next spring’s new General Assembly. But there was tangible progress, despite the state’s fiscal free-fall. Here’s a snapshot…
MarySue's Midweek Links
As the Illinois General Assembly speeds – or plods, depending on how you look at it – to a self-imposed finish line this week, MPC is aghast at how many critical issues facing our state have again been deferred. But even this year, there are some pockets of good news and we congratulate…

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