Faced with concerns about usurping local control of zoning issues related to housing, Gov. JB Pritzker’s office punted on his plans to expand “middle housing” across the state.

Illinois is facing a growing housing affordability crisis and we won’t solve it without building more homes. The BUILD Plan (HB 5626; SB 4060, 4061, 4062, 4063, 4064, and 4071) is a comprehensive pa...

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A lengthy approval process for an affordable townhouse development motivated Fairfax City Mayor Catherine Read to testify in support of state legislation eliminating a key hurdle to affordable…

The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.

“She painted a very clear picture about survival.”

With spending cuts poised to hit medical providers, Medicaid recipients and Affordable Care Act enrollees, here's how the bill will affect health care access for millions in the U.S.

Kitsap County and cities have started a new program to help homeowners build backyard homes more easily and affordably, aiming to add more housing.

“We all collectively have to object to this madness,” said Huerta after his violent arrest for witnessing an ICE raid.

Bills legalizing accessory dwelling units (HB 1813) and missing middle housing (HB 1814) have been introduced at the Illinois General Assembly! ADUs, also known as coach houses or backyard cottages, ...

In a bizarre turn of events, the Illinois House's Housing Committee didn't give any of the housing legalization bills a hearing. The Chair of the Housing committee failed to put four bills addressing ...

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Click here to take the Downtown Plan survey! Haga clic aquí para tomar la encuesta en español Downtown Champaign is the heart of the city, connecting people to businesses, cultural destinations, publi...

While changes to the city’s zoning code under Envision Evanston 2045 are shelved until at least late summer, the state legislature will consider adopting

Well, it’s been a week, hasn’t it? We are sure we are not alone in feeling overwhelmed by the firehose of disastrous information we’ve been hit with in just these first several days of the ...