Updates from the chapter
AHIL members: help set our 2027 priorities. Our 3-minute member survey asks which housing issues we should focus on next year. Find it in our early October newsletter or pinned in the AHIL Slack. Or, DM us for the link. Not a member yet? abundanthousingillinois.org/join
The pre-submission webinar from DPD is live now: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
'Opticos reported that “in 6 months after the release of the toolkit, approximately 20 percent of the 18 municipalities had taken an active and public next step based on project recommendations.”' Only 4 municipalities are considering this report. The state could make it 1,300 municipalities.
The City is selling 16 vacant lots near the Kedzie Pink Line station to Citizens Building a Better Community LLC for $1 each. The plan: 23 two-flats, 46 homes, sold to people who'll live in them, with at least half priced for working families.
We are here for the first State Housing and Appeals Board meeting in longer than anyone can remember. 🧵/
From Oak Park's Plan Commission on 10/8: "You can have a neighborly talk with your neighbor." "That's where the fear is." "What's going to happen if this passes and someone wants to do something?" "As of right, they can do it." Public Comment is tonight, 6pm, OPRF High School.
This is Chicago. Doors open on the right to 56 new homes at Chicago. This is a Brown Line train to Kimball.
Abundant Housing Illinois endorses Walter Red Burnett for the 27th Ward. The 27th already builds new homes at the highest rate in Chicago, and Burnett wants more, built faster: four-flats by right, more ADUs, six stories near transit, and single-stair reform.
Tonight in Oak Park: Shape Oak Park is at the Plan Commission, 6 p.m., OPRF High School (201 N. Scoville). Sign up when you arrive and say you support missing middle housing. Can't go? Email planning@oak-park.us and clerkwaters@oak-park.us before it ends.
AHIL Member Tasnim Tanveer Testifies before the Illinois House Executive Committee
Good morning. Thank you to the committee for the opportunity to speak. My name is Tasnim Tanveer. I am a volunteer member of Abundant Housing Illinois, a pro-housing advocacy group with over 530 members.
AHIL Lead Steffany Bahamon testifies before the Illinois Senate Executive Committee
Chair Castro, members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify.
Guest essay: Evanston zoning debate shows need for Pritzker housing plan
After attending approximately a dozen community meetings in Evanston regarding proposed changes to the city’s comprehensive plan and zoning code, it is clear to me that the Illinois General Assembly must pass Gov.
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Yes! The 2026 YIMBYTown Happy Hour
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How we work
Reform the rules
Back zoning reform and streamlined permitting so more homes are legal to build, especially near transit and jobs.
Educate & engage
Turn out residents to the meetings that matter and make it easy to take a pro-housing position on local projects.
Build partnerships
Work with neighbors, labor, faith groups, and builders toward a shared abundant-housing agenda.
Abundant Housing Illinois is a chapter of YIMBY Action.
One of the local groups organizing for more homes across the country, backed by the national team.