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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Ald. Donald Wilson (4th) speaks at a Inclusionary Housing Ordinance Subcommittee meeting. The committee began to consider improvements to the housing ordinance.

Inclusionary Housing Ordinance Subcommittee investigates affordable housing

January 18, 2018

The Inclusionary Housing Ordinance Subcommittee analyzed the ordinance’s shortcomings and discussed additional projects for affordable housing at its inaugural meeting Wednesday. Ald. Donald Wilson...

Ald. Eleanor Revelle (7th) at a City Council equity training. The Housing and Homelessness commission reviewed a report of affordable housing solutions on Thursday.

City commission discusses housing strategies

January 12, 2018

The Housing and Homelessness Commission discussed a range of affordable housing strategies on Thursday in preparation for the special City Council meeting on Jan. 29. The members of the commission...

Sarah Flax, Evanstons housing and grants administrator, fields questions at an event. Flax said Albion’s fifteen units of affordable housing was “quite an accomplishment”.

Following Albion development’s approval, community leaders call for more affordable units

November 20, 2017

Local affordable housing community leaders said though City Council approved a new 15-story Sherman Avenue apartment tower, developments should be required to meet a minimum number of housing units without...

Johnny Carlson, a principal at Trammell Crow Company, presents a proposal for a 17-story building on Oak Avenue. At the Thursday meeting, Carlson said the building would be directed toward aging baby boomers.

Developers present plan for development targeting ‘active’ seniors

October 20, 2017

Another tower project may be on its way to Evanston. Developers for a building on Oak Avenue in downtown Evanston presented their plans for an “active adult” community at a sparsely-attended neighborhood...

Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) attends a City Council meeting. Rainey and other aldermen raised concerns about moving forward with deliberations about a proposed building project at 831 Emerson St., and Council ultimately decided to hold off on discussion until the Feb. 22 Planning and Development Committee meeting.

Rental project at 831 Emerson St. tabled for further discussion

February 9, 2016

A proposed apartment rental project at 831 Emerson St. was tabled to stay in the Planning and Development Committee on Monday night The project, which received unanimous approval in the Design and...

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