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Inclusionary Housing Ordinance

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

St. Charles Affordable Housing Revisions Advance

The changes head to the St. Charles City Council Planning and Development Committee after Tuesday’s recommendation of approval from the Plan Commission.

City officials’ efforts to massage the affordable housing ordinance — also called the inclusionary housing ordinance — advanced another step Tuesday, winning the recommendation of the St. Charles Plan Commission. The commission’s recommendation puts the proposed revisions to the ordinance one step closer to formal adoption by the St. Charles City Council, which first must review the changes as the City Council Planning and Development Committee. The revisions were presented by St. Charles Planner Matthew O’Rourke on behalf of the city’s Community Development Department, and represent months of talks among the city’s Housing Commission, the City Council Planning and Development Committee. The talks were prompted in part by several different…

STC

11:58 am on Thursday, May 9, 2013

I'll tell you one, thing, "I know it when I see it" and Property taxes in and around St. Charles particularly, but also the whole state of Illinois are Too High.   more ›

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

St. Charles Seeks Affordable Housing Balance

City tinkering with inclusionary housing ordinance to provide flexibility for developers without losing site of state mandate.

There appears to be some consensus between the St. Charles Housing Commission and the City Council Planning and Development Committee, which met earlier this week to discuss proposed revisions to the city’s inclusionary housing ordinance. At issue is whether the ordinance is an effective tool in today’s economy. The city adopted the ordinance in 2008 to ensure it maintains control of a state mandate requiring communities to ensure that at least 10 percent of the housing stock is classified as affordable. In St. Charles, a little more than 18 percent of the housing stock is considered affordable. Communities that fail to meet the mandate face a potential state takeover of their planning and development efforts to ensure compliance. But the …

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Ted Schnell

12:56 pm on Friday, September 21, 2012

Yes, but how do you define affordable? I doubt I could afford to own a home on Chicago's Gold Coast, for example. But in some of the suburbs I can ....   more ›

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