Committee on Housing and Real Estate

Aldermen advanced a measure increasing affordable-housing requirements for new residential developments during a joint meeting of the City Council’s Housing and Zoning committees on Wednesday. The amendments to the city’s Affordable Requirements Ordinance received the committee’s approval despite opposition from Chicago developers.

In perhaps a sign of changing economic times, the Chicago Sun-Times' old South Side printing plant is likely to become a large-scale data center after a City Council panel Wednesday approved ending land-use restrictions for the parcel.