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Housing committee: high rent burden, missing‑middle focus; HCDC voted to update inclusionary housing rules
Summary
A member of the Housing and Community Development Committee summarized the committee’s prolonged focus on housing cost burden and missing‑middle housing and said HCDC voted 4‑1 in October to recommend repeal and replacement of the Inclusionary Housing Ordinance to raise baseline affordable unit requirements and incentivize on‑site units.
Chloe Thurston, speaking as a member of the Housing and Community Development Committee (HCDC), summarized the committee’s recurring discussions of housing affordability and policy and reported a prior HCDC recommendation on the Inclusionary Housing Ordinance.
Thurston said HCDC has been engaged on Envision Evanston since March 2024 and has repeatedly discussed housing cost burden and missing‑middle housing. She told the commission that rent burden (households spending more than about 30% of income on housing) is particularly acute for renters and that "rent burden rates are just under 50% among renters in Evanston."…
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