That was a mysterious observation! I want her to say more!

The zoning here (RS-3) prevents multifamily housing

This is so cool, I love hearing these bus drivers’ insight into what makes a route hard or easy or cool or annoying

View through a cab car window on the L in Chicago

I have the foamer seat today

Clap!

It’s both teardowns and deconversions (which I know from the building permits, as this land use cover data set doesn’t track the method)

not a single tile flipped from single-family dominant to multi-family dominant between 2013 and 2023.

The shift was one-directional: only MFH → SFH occurred.

dominant_pct_change,community 10.21,North Center 2.90,Irving Park 2.75,Lincoln Park 1.89,Hermosa 1.89,Humboldt Park 1.59,New City

in all, five 1/4 mile tiles flipped from plurality multi-family land use to plurality single-family land use

the biggest shift was the one in the OP

here are the other four 1/4 mile tiles that shift, with the percentage point decline in multifamily land use coverage

this makes sense; it's North Center and multifamily housing isn't allowed here

(also, the unit of analysis is grid tiles, 1/4 mile squares)

map of one grid tile where the change in North Center occurred

CMAP published their new 2023 land use cover inventory, and I compared it to 2013 to find some "big changes" in land use in Chicago

here's a big change:

Multi-family had a 10 point drop from 39.8% → 29.6%
while SFH rose from 26.3% → 36.5%.

Timeline cleanse for Chicagoans

I just did my own build the tunnel math and I came out to 95%

It's Mother Earth punishing every non-profit and community group for performing redundant, virtue-signaling park clean-ups on one day per year and never returning for anything more useful.

Anakin: I want aurora to have more energy efficient housing Padme: so you support the build plan? Anakin: Padem: you support the build plan, right?

“Aurora is also working to adjust the city’s building codes to make more energy-efficient housing possible, to bring in more light manufacturing companies and to train new contractors“

And is the city supporting the BUILD plan to facilitate all of that?

You will give your cats jewelry?

Pass the BUILD Plan! Illinois is facing a growing housing affordability crisis and we won’t solve it without building more homes. The BUILD Plan (HB 5626; SB 4060, 4061, 4062, 4063, 4064, and 4071) is a comprehensive pa...

I like the BUILD plan because it’ll allow more homes to be built, and legalize housing types we used to allow (like courtyard buildings and cottage clusters and ADUs)

Ask your legislators to support it

“I don’t think it’s going to be breaking news to any of you to learn that Illinois needs more housing”

Yes. A lot:
1. Allow 3 and 4 flats on the remaining 60% of the city that bans them
2. Allow ADUs even if alders didn’t opt their wards in
3. Allow infill housing and family friendly layouts by giving architects the option to use a single stair
4. Speed up permit issuance and inspections

woooo

TDWP2!!

“I don’t think it’s going to be breaking news to any of you to learn that Illinois needs more housing”

This is a great letter to send to my legislators!

Thanks for sharing it!

Should Chicago continue to allow delivery robots on the streets? What you told us The naysayers don't like the threat to jobs and consider the robots a sidewalk nuisance, while others don't want to stop technological progress and say the robots actually are safer than alternatives.

"Get these nuisances off our sidewalks."
and other comments for and against the sidewalk food taxis

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invite a friend

don't forget that offer of membership into @abundanthousingil.bsky.social :)

Pass the BUILD Plan! Illinois is facing a growing housing affordability crisis and we won’t solve it without building more homes. The BUILD Plan (HB 5626; SB 4060, 4061, 4062, 4063, 4064, and 4071) is a comprehensive pa...

I agree!

will you send that exact passage as a letter to your two state legislators?

true!

but more homes getting built will help spread the property tax burden across more taxpayers

ask your legislator to support the BUILD plan – actionnetwork.org/letters/pass...

Rent is too damn high, Illinois.

We've got a plan for that — the BUILD plan is designed to lower housing costs and increase housing supply.

these Inherent Homes, in particular, are paired with a grant or grants that can cover nearly the entire downpayment

more info: www.inherenthomes.com/buyers-1