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Official government website of the Illinois General Assembly Welcome to the Official government website of the Illinois General Assembly

They’re trying to water down our beautiful People Over Parking Act! 😡

We won’t let that happen. 💪

Sign a witness slip IN OPPOSITION to HB 4588 today! 📮

Quote us with a ✅ when you’re done. 😇

ilga.gov/House/hearin...

the @abundanthousingil.bsky.social endorsements page now has a nifty tool that looks up candidates we've endorsed for where you live – thanks @mclean.bsky.social for building it

abundanthousingillinois.org/endorsements/

halftime show fromt eh supebowl showing a set on the field featuring a nyc bodega

This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most American cities.

Fairfax mayor advocates for state to clear path for church-based affordable housing | FFXnow 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…

10 years is too long to wait for a home. ⏳ VA is advancing reforms to make it easier for faith-based organizations to build affordable housing, but there's more work ahead to get them across the finish line.

ICE is the biggest threat to immigrant health - overheard at @familiesusa.bsky.social

Satellite image of a commercial development along a stroad. On the left there's a big box store that says "Property taxes: $102,485, Parcel Size: 17,766 meter square. On the right there's two apartment buildings that read "Property taxes: $626,002, Parcel Size: 10,930 meter square"

Minimum parking requirements create financially insolvent land use patterns.

The two apartment buildings on the right generate six times more in property taxes than the big box store on the left, while occupying almost half the space!

#BlackFridayParking

Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.

“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”

Chart showing estimated monthly loss of SNAP benefits due to expanded SNAP work requirements, detailing number of people affected by age group and living circumstances. Data sourced from the Urban Institute's analysis of the 2021 and 2023 American Community Survey and Income Security datasets.

Urban #research shows that expanded #SNAP work requirements could lead to 2.7 million #families—and 5.4 million people—losing some or all of their monthly SNAP benefits. On average, affected families would see a monthly loss of $254 in food assistance.

Learn more. https://urbn.is/4hMj2Xj

TONIGHT!
I’m biking over!

Adani in a Strong Towns Chicago shirt holds a sign reading "Streets are for people"

@adanisanchez.bsky.social was in from out of town to take in the experience

Next do Champaign Urbana!!!

Octavia Butler predicted our dystopian present. What can a futurist learn from her chilling accuracy? “She painted a very clear picture about survival.”

Octavia Butler predicted our dystopian present. What can a futurist learn from her chilling accuracy?

August YIMBY Happy Hour

Wednesday 8/13 @ 6pm
Quality, 110 N Neil St, Champaign

August is @YIMBYAction Membership month! This year the membership theme is parking reform! If you join YIMBY, that boosts the funding for CUrbanism Club and shows the national group that we're serious!

Hey @govpritzker.illinois.gov: actions speak louder than words!

It’s time for you to get legislators back to Springfield for a special session to fund public transit NOW!

5 ways Trump's megabill will limit health care access 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.

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 launches permit-ready ADU program to boost backyard housing Kitsap County and cities have started a new program to help homeowners build backyard homes more easily and affordably, aiming to add more housing.

“Homeowners can use free, pre-approved plans for these units, making the process faster and more affordable.” www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2...

Last night the Champaign City Council gave staff the go-ahead to bring ordinances to eliminate parking requirements and to allow missing middle housing in most of the city! Yay team!!!

ICE Arrests David Huerta, Beloved Labor Leader and SEIU California President “We all collectively have to object to this madness,” said Huerta after his violent arrest for witnessing an ICE raid.

Have national Dems, who claim to want to "win back" the working class, said anything yet about ICE injuring and arresting the head of the SEIU of California?

truthout.org/articles/ice...

Graphic with megaphone about Champaign city council meeting on June 10 at 7pm.

Join us on Tuesday, June 10 at 7pm at the Champaign City Council chambers to encourage Council to vote YES on the special use permit for 919 W Hill to keep it a fourplex (as it has been for over a century).

If you can't make it in person, you can send an email to council@champaignil.gov

We are extremely disappointed that the Illinois General Assembly adjourned without passing pro-housing legislation to allow ADUs and missing middle housing statewide. Our housing crisis will continue to worsen due to a lack of urgency from our elected officials.

Tell ILGA to Act on ADUs & Missing Middle Housing! 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, ...

Tell the IL General Assembly to move on ADUs and Missing Middle Housing!
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Image of a table with a Ride IL tablecloth

We’re at the @rideillinois.bsky.social IL Bike and Walk Summit! Excited to hear from some great speakers!

please, no April Fool's pranks tomorrow, I beg

A little pig named Porker Posey. That’s it. That’s all I’ve got for you today.

Missing middle housing in Logan Square, featuring pride flag

This afternoon, the IL House’s Housing Committee moved forward bills that would legalize ADUs statewide and missing middle housing statewide! 🏘️ 🥳

Abundant Housing IL endorsed both of these bills, and our members sent over 1,500 letters of support to Chair Jimenez and Speaker Welch

#HB1813 #HB1814

ACTION ALERT

The People Over Parking Act has been assigned to the house Executive Committee for a hearing TODAY.

Please sign a “proponent” witness slip. For “Firm/Business” I put “Abundant Housing Illinois”

my.ilga.gov/WitnessSlip/...

We need housing now! 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 ...

🚨 HOUSING ALERT 🚨

Today, the IL House's Housing Committee didn't give our ADU and Missing Middle bills a hearing 😱

If they aren't given a hearing before Friday, these bills could be dead for the year 😨

Tell Chair Jimenez and Speaker Welch to advance these bills!

actionnetwork.org/letters/we-n...

🏘️ The Missing Middle Housing Act will be heard in the Housing committee tomorrow

Please fill out a witness slip
• Firm/Business or Agency = (Whatever org you are with, or 'Self')
• Representation = Self
• Position = Proponent
• Testimony = Record of Appearance Only
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