At Tuesday, Aug. 25’s City Council Meeting, the Aurora City Council approved a first-of-its-kind housing proposal that is set to implement the energy efficiency targets of the 2026 Illinois Stretch Energy Code without any City incentives. The “Kingsley Row” subdivision, planned for construction by M/I Homes near the intersection of
By Allison ClementsExecutive director,Illinois Housing Council Illinois is in the grip of an affordable housing crisis that reaches every corner of the state. Nearly 300,000 affordable rental homes are missing for our lowest-income residents. Rents have climbed to unsustainable levels, and homeownership is increasingly out of reach. The consequences are
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in a school? Well, residents of Aurora will soon have that opportunity to find out. Todd Elementary School closed five years ago and will reopen tomorrow as new affordable apartments for Aurora residents. The first phase of the new
After sitting vacant for 13 years, Lincoln Elementary School will soon be filled with new people and good energy under a different name. The City of Aurora held a Groundbreaking Ceremony for the new Fox Valley Apartments, an affordable apartment complex located at both the former Lincoln Elementary School and
The 2021 Clark Cup champion Chicago Steel hockey team is looking for housing families for the 2021-2022 season. The Steel pay their home games in the Fox Valley Ice Arena in Geneva. Erin Keohane, Steel housing coordinator, said Steel players range in ages from 16 to 20, and the housing
Last of two parts First part is at thevoice.us/conversion-projects-in-new-york-solve-two-major-problems That the COVID-19 pandemic is having a devastating impact on housing and homelessness, is an article by Pramod Sukumaran in Salud America! “If you were to just apply a conversion rate of 10% we think you could get something like 14,000
First of two parts “The COVID-19 pandemic is having a devastating impact on housing and homelessness,” is an article by Pramod Sukumaran in Salud America! “City and state leaders know (it). Many are implementing policies and creating unique affordable housing conversion projects that aim to make progress in solving this
