Naperville eyeing incentives as a way to persuade home builders to include affordable units Suzanne Baker, Naperville Sun, Ill.
Jul. 1 Naperville may use incentives to encourage developers to add affordable units into their housing plans.
The topic of inclusionary housing was discussed at a recent workshop meeting and the general feeling from council members, as summarized by City Manager Doug Krieger, was that offering inducements would be the easiest way to persuade home builders to include affordable housing in their projects. (Council members) don t want it to be punitive, and we don t want to do something kind of just for show, he said. We don t want to put an ordinance in place that is really not going to move the needle.