Richard Day
Recent Posts
Minimum parking, maximum rent: Let’s cut tenants a break by ending parking minimums
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It’s time to build on the success of the transit-oriented development ordinance and eliminate parking minimums for housing city-wide.
New housing aid is the right thing to do. It’s also a good investment.
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In addition to hurting Chicago’s most vulnerable residents, cuts to housing assistance can cost much more than they save.
New developments highlight benefits, limitations of Chicago’s affordable housing approach
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An updated, comprehensive effort to boost affordability, housing supply, and equitable transit-oriented development is the best approach for holding down rents and halting displacement across the city.
How much affordable housing is Chicago willing to sacrifice to aldermanic prerogative?
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In the coming months, the City Council’s Zoning Committee has the chance to weigh in on a proposal that could change the future of affordable housing in Chicago.
Bringing TOD to South, West sides will require more resources, less red tape
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While our city's TOD ordinance has spurred more transit-friendly development in wealthy and gentrifying neighborhoods, it has done relatively little to encourage investment in parts of the city that need it the most.
High rents are a policy choice: What’s driving displacement across The North Side
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We should reverse the down-zonings that have rendered much of the city unaffordable and exclusionary.
Allowing more density would help Chicago avoid a post-COVID transit death spiral
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To secure the future of transit in Chicago, we need to update the zoning code to allow two-flats and low-rise apartments near transit in neighborhoods across the city.