Chicago Development News

Mayoral Candidate Quigley Proposes Zoning Reforms and Housing Development to Address City's Fiscal Challenges

Mike Quigley, candidate for mayor, outlined his plan to address the city's long-term budget issues by updating zoning, modernizing permitting, and reforming building codes to facilitate increased housing development. He emphasized that this approach is crucial for growing the city and ensuring residents can afford to live there, with a goal of making housing more accessible and affordable across all neighborhoods. His proposals include updating zoning to allow four-flats by right, building near transit, utilizing public land, and expediting the permitting process from a year to a month. He also aims to reform building codes that currently make housing more expensive than in other major cities. [cite: 21-24, 250-259, 262-268, 277-287]