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Interviewee urges energy-efficient housing and living-wage jobs to keep Aurora affordable
Summary
In an interview, the unidentified interviewee highlighted Aurora’s diversity and affordability, urged a push for energy-efficient, sustainable housing and promoted living-wage jobs that residents can rely on, and described short-term goals including parking expansion and downtown cultural growth.
An unidentified interviewee (S2) told an interviewer that Aurora’s mix of diversity and affordability is a key draw and said their administration will prioritize energy-efficient, sustainable housing and living-wage jobs.
S2 said they moved to Aurora in 2008 after living in West Africa and the Middle East and described the city as "very diverse" with "some affordable housing options." S2 asserted Aurora is "number 1 in the state of Illinois for diversity as well as affordability," a claim made on their behalf in the interview and not independently verified here.
Moving on to policy, S2 said, "Moving forward, this is gonna be a critical piece of my administration is to not just…
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