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.
No leeway granted to Naperville property owner on sprinkler system requirements
Updated 5/5/2021 4:52 PM
While considering whether to give a commercial property owner an additional two years to install a sprinkler system, the Naperville City Council chose fire safety enforcement over providing economic relief.
In a 6-3 vote Tuesday, council members shot down a request from Rich Janor of Janor Properties LLC to defer the deadline for bringing his vacant building at 1111 S. Washington St. into compliance with the city s fire suppression requirements.
Facing challenges in his efforts to sell or lease the property, Janor was asking the council for a seven-year extension of a fire suppression agreement that expired April 14, pointing to the hardships presented by the recent pandemic resulting in ongoing retail/commercial vacancies in Naperville.
How much suburbs will get in American Rescue Plan funds President Joe Biden signs the American Rescue Plan, a coronavirus relief package, Thursday in the Oval Office of the White House. Associated Press
Updated 3/12/2021 10:59 AM
The American Rescue Plan signed Thursday by President Joe Biden is set to send more than $13.5 billion to governments across Illinois, including millions of dollars to the suburbs.
About $1.6 billion will go to Cook, DuPage, Lake, Kane, McHenry and Will county governments combined, according to a breakdown of allocations from the U.S. House Budget Committee. That s part of $2.5 billion being divided among Illinois 102 counties, with allocations largely determined by population.
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