Urgent – Call to Action on Consequential Ordinance

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We urge housing providers & all RE Professionals to take action before 9AM Wed prior to Housing Committee meeting

Dear NBOA Colleagues and Friends;

We need you to act right away. The Housing Committee of Chicago’s City Council is scheduled to vote on an ordinance that would give residents in the 5th Ward a right of first refusal. But it goes far beyond that and includes a Just Cause Eviction provision, requires thousands of dollars in relocation assistance for tenants whose leases are not renewed, and expanded notice requirements.

Jackson Park Housing Pilot Ordinance

Details of the proposed 27 page ordinance were not made public until late in the afternoon on the day before the vote —on a Jewish high holiday when many people are not working.

The Committee is scheduled to meet tomorrow (Wednesday September 24) at 11 am, and Ald. Yancy says he will be pushing for a vote on the ordinance at that meeting. This means the ordinance could be considered by the City Council as soon as Thursday September 25, when it is scheduled to meet—less than two (2) days from today.

CLICK BELOW to urge the members of the Housing Committee to delay a vote on this complex far-reaching measure until we examine the ordinance and fully understand its implications. Please edit the letter to make it your own! (Perhaps ask if they agree that its bad government to hurriedly push through a consequential ordinance without first providing sufficient notice to important stakeholders.)

This proposed ordinance should be of immense concern to all housing providers and other real estate professionals throughout Chicago.

Please act now. Members of the committee need to hear from you by tomorrow morning.

Your call to action will go to all 19 members of the City Council Housing Committee, chaired by Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez.

CALL TO ACTION TO ALDERS ON THE HOUSING COMMITTEE