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City presents draft Strategic Housing Plan; officials and school leaders discuss asset-sharing and repurposing options
Summary
City staff presented a draft Strategic Housing Plan and housing-gap analysis at the Oct. 30 liaison meeting, highlighting rising median age, high housing-cost burdens for renters and owners, and a shortfall of family-sized units. Officials and school leaders discussed using city and school properties in shared ways to address affordability and to
City staff presented a draft Strategic Housing Plan and a housing-gap analysis at the City School Liaison Committee—s Oct. 30 meeting and discussed possible collaboration with District 65 on property use and anti-displacement measures.
Sarah Flax, Community Development Director, said Evanston saw modest population growth in the 2020 census but faces a significant housing mismatch: high housing-cost burden (48% of renters and about 24% of owners), decreasing household size and concentrated cost burden on Black households and renters. She said the city—s housing-gap analysis shows an acute shortage of family-sized units…
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