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Council advances ordinances targeting off-campus student housing and tenant/worker purchase rights
Summary
Councilmembers introduced a package of ordinances addressing off-campus student housing impacts, a proposed student impact fee and measures to create tenant and worker rights-of-first-refusal on property and business sales; items were referred to committee for hearings.
Councilors on June 5 moved a package of ordinances aimed at curbing off-campus student housing impacts and expanding local ownership opportunities for tenants and workers. The measures were referred to committees for further review rather than voted for final passage.
Councilwoman Peterson, sponsor of measures focused on student housing in Ward 14, said residents have experienced decades of noise, harassment and displacement: “For decades, students have lived in the Elmhurst community...What we're facing now is a…
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