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People love to complain about traffic calming, but it makes roads safer.

To compete with the suburbs, American cities should try an urban typology that has kept families in European city centers for millennia.

Homeowners can generate income to help pay their mortgage or to facilitate multi-generational households, a South Loop reader says. Our readers also weigh in on renaming public schools, campaign spending, the Stones, Bible mandates, Trump and Biden.

Some neighbors remain strongly opposed to the size and design of the 44-story building and say it would increase congestion in an already-dense area. "A city needs to grow," Ald. Brian Hopkins said.

In the past decade, there has been a great deal of attention paid to and speculation about the residential mobility and location decisions of millenni

Thank you to Rick Kogan for reminding me of Mike Royko’s toughness in a city of toughs.

It’s no secret that Chicago faces a housing crisis. In 2020, the city’s Housing Department estimated that the city faces a shortfall of 120,000 affordable units. And that number has alm…

Adani breaks down Accessory Dwelling Units in C-U and talks about why these structures benefit a wide variety of people.

It happens all over Chicago. Some folks offer a perfunctory "everyone supports housing" statement before angrily demonstrating that they are, in fact, not meaningfully supportive of new housing.

Multifamily housing, which could be as little as two homes on a lot, provides more affordable options and promotes a more efficient use of space and resources.

People want to live and work near transit. Chicago must grow in development and population near “L” stops and along high-frequency bus lines.

Our streets can and should evolve over time to meet the needs of our communities.

There are zoning reforms that would help Chicago achieve its vision of abundant housing and better access to transit.

Households throughout the country, particularly those with the lowest incomes, are struggling with the high cost of housing because of decades of underbuilding, high construction costs, and the resulting shortage of homes for sale and for rent, all combined with inadequately funded housing assistance.