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Council approves APAP agreements to induce sale and redevelopment of eight residential properties

Chicago Heights City Council · May 20, 2026
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Summary

An omnibus resolution under the city's APAP program approved agreements to induce sale and redevelopment of eight residential properties; Corporation Counsel Somer read the addresses and the council voted to move the properties toward closing.

The City Council approved Omnibus Resolution #2026-59, which includes agreements intended to induce the sale and redevelopment of eight residential properties under the city's APAP (acquisition and property assistance program) framework. Corporation Counsel T.J. Somer read the addresses of the eight properties that were ready to go to closing; the resolution passed on a motion by Alderman Kelli Merrick seconded by Alderman Renee Smith.

The minutes do not list the individual addresses in full within the body of the vote text, and they do not provide project-level financing or timelines. The resolution signals the City is advancing multiple small-scale redevelopment transactions intended to return properties to productive use under the APAP program.