Chicago Committee on Housing & Real Estate — Summary of Reports (Oct 7, 2025)
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Committee approved the Monthly Rule 45 Report (with minor correction), several aldermanic introductions including a Low Affordability Community designation and an affordable housing covenant, multiple lease actions, a redevelopment agreement, and numerous sales of City-owned parcels under the ChiBlockBuilder platform. The scheduled Subject Matter Hearing on the 5 Year Homelessness Plan was postponed.
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- Approved Monthly Rule 45 Report (September 24, 2025) with minor correction.
- Designated 1840–1866 N Marcey St as a Low Affordability Community (O2025-0019798) — PASSED.
- Executed Affordable Housing Covenant and Lien for 1810 W Jackson Blvd (SO2025-0018769) — PASSED AS SUBSTITUTE.
- Approved lease with Millennium Parking Garages LLC for City electric vehicle fleet parking and charging (O2025-0019940) — PASSED.
- Approved lease/intergovernmental agreement with Chicago Board of Education for parking lot at 3500–3508 S Wallace St (O2025-0019978) — PASSED.
- Renewed and amended lease with 4150 Partnership for property at 4150 W 55 St (O2025-0019981) — PASSED.
- Approved redevelopment agreement with JRD LLC for City-owned lands at 4327 S Ellis Ave, 4320 S Greenwood Ave and 4347 S Berkeley Ave for $110,358 — PASSED (O2025-0019983).
- Approved multiple sales of City-owned properties under the ChiBlockBuilder platform, including several $1.00/lot transfers and market-rate sales (examples in record: 1142 W Garfield Blvd $100,000; 4100 S Calumet Ave $170,000; 437–447 E 42nd Pl $431,330; 3923–3929 S Vincennes Ave $405,983) — PASSED (see items O2025-0020000 through O2025-0020012 and others).
- Postponed the Subject Matter Hearing on the 5 Year Homelessness Plan until further notice.
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Committee on Housing and Real Estate
Written Public Comment Deadline: October 6, 2025, 5:00 P.M.
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- Noticehttps://occprodstoragev1.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/meetingattachmentspublic/ec5fe20a-3eb8-43f1-9936-4d6070958a93.pdf
- Summaryhttps://occprodstoragev1.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/meetingattachmentspublic/df1560f9-50af-4dc6-840a-3f9a7032dcec.pdf
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