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Senate Banking Committee to mark up Livable Communities Act
Update: The Livable Communities Act passed out of committee and heads to the Senate floor. As communities and regions across the country craft proposals to apply for Sustainable Communities Initiative funding, the Senate Banking committee is preparing to mark-up the Livable Communities Act,…
South suburban employers gather for Charter One Workforce Housing Initiative convening
This post also appeared in the South Suburban News. The story was featured in Chicago Magazine's Deal Estate and in the Southtown Star. See photos of this event on MPC's flickr page. More than 60 south suburban employers and local officials gathered today for a Charter One Workforce Housing…
Chicago modeling livable communities
This letter ran 4/13/2010 in the Chicago Tribune. For years, we’ve known that many local workers – the proverbial teachers, nurses and firefighters, plus dozens of other professionals – cannot afford to purchase a home in metropolitan Chicago (“Make less than $62k?…
Transit, walkable neighborhoods linked to reduced foreclosures
A recent study found that mortgage foreclosures are less likely in communities that are more compact, walkable, and accessible to public transportation. Analysis of 40,000 mortgages in Chicago, San Francisco, and Jacksonville, Fl., by the Natural Resources Defense Council confirms that the costs…
Tribune article highlights Lake Forest's 'model' housing plan and leadership of supportive employers
A fantastic Chicago Tribune article this Sunday, by Sharon Stangenes, led with the story of Carla Gardner, a 72-year-old lifelong North Shore resident who has been able to continue to live in Lake Forest thanks to the city’s efforts to balance its housing stock. Gardner, who raised three…
Support the Livable Communities Act
The Livable Communities Act of 2009, sponsored by U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.), would foster equitable and sustainable development by providing resources to local and regional communities to coordinate land use, housing, transportation, and infrastructure planning. The legislation also…
'It's in business's best interest to back affordable housing'
MPC President MarySue Barrett's op-ed in this week's Crain's Chicago Business highlights a welcome trend: Employers across the region are putting their weight behind the creation and preservation of homes their workers can afford. At a time when all employers are pinching pennies, they're…
It's in business's best interest to back affordable housing
This op-ed by MPC President MarySue Barrett ran in Crain's Chicago Business on Nov. 16, 2009 Across the Chicago area, local government officials are hearing increasingly from employers that maintaining homes affordable to their workers isn't a maybe — it's a must. One might be surprised to…
City of Lockport adopts employer-assisted housing

The City of Lockport will launch an EAH initiative that includes a matching fund for area employees whose companies offer an EAH benefit, and a measure to assist with the purchase of previously foreclosed homes.

The Creative City: Keeping Chicago Vibrant and Viable

Bob McNulty of the Partners for Livable Communities spoke to a sold-out crowd at MPC’s first 2009 roundtable, “The Creative City: Keeping Chicago Vibrant and Viable.”

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