Impact For Equity

Marisa Novara and Daniel Kay Hertz: New York nixes veto power over housing while Chicago unwisely doubles down The recent granny flat fight in Chicago is an example of the city upholding a tradition that has held back affordable housing.

Impact for Equity Director of Housing @danielkayhertz.bsky.social and Chicago Community Trust Vice President of Community Impact Marisa Novara co-authored an op-ed in last week's Chicago Tribune comparing a recent law change in New York City to one in Chicago.

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Marisa Novara and Daniel Kay Hertz: New York nixes veto power over housing while Chicago unwisely doubles down The recent granny flat fight in Chicago is an example of the city upholding a tradition that has held back affordable housing.

Wrote about the other big outcome of the NYC election and how Chicago moved in the other direction

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Free trade comes with trade-offs and sacrifices, and one of those big sacrifices was manufacturing jobs. That destroyed the Democratic Party coalition.

But other than that, what, pray tell, @mattyglesias.bsky.social has the American right been correct about?

We are thrilled that the #Illinois Assembly passed the #CleanSlate Act today! This vital piece of legislation provides for automatic record sealing for most nonviolent convictions, giving real second chances to those who have served their time. www.wcia.com/news/illinoi...

Illinois can and must do better for its people. Our deepest condolences go to Sonya Massey's family as they grieve their loved one and continue to seek justice and accountability.

This case underscores the need for a strong state police officer decertification system to ensure problem officers are discovered and removed, rather than allowing them to move from department to department and escape consequences.

Sean Grayson, who has a history of officer misconduct, should never have been in a position to be in Sonya Massey's home responding to her calls for help.

Sonya Massey was a daughter, a mother, and loved one who called police for assistance and was met with horrifying brutality. But this murder never should have happened.

Downstate jury finds ex-cop guilty of second-degree murder for fatally shooting Sonya Massey The conviction against former deputy sheriff Sean Grayson carries a potential sentence of four to 20 years.

Yesterday, Sonya Massey's killer Sean Grayson was convicted of second degree murder.

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A lot of interesting stuff here from @housingstudies.bsky.social, but here's an [eyes emoji] one: Chicago has gained 176,000 households between 2012 and 2023, growing from almost exactly 1 million to 1.18 million housingstudies.org/blog/rental-...

Impact for Equity Statement on Federal Intervention in Chicagoland | Impact for Equity Impact for Equity stands firmly against ongoing federal intervention in [...]

Impact for Equity stands firmly against ongoing federal intervention in Chicagoland and throughout Illinois.

Impact for Equity supports the #Chicago #HealthyHomes Ordinance, check out this opportunity to share your experience with the Chicago City Council.

Impact for Equity is proud to work alongside #CAFHA in our efforts to improve the state's Affordable Housing Planning and Appeal Act ( #AHPAA ) and create a proactive #rental inspection system in Chicago through the #HealthyHomesCoalition. Congratulations on 40 years, CAFHA!

We are thrilled to celebrate 40 years of our esteemed partner the Chicago Area Fair Housing Alliance (CAFHA), an organization that advances the cause of #fairhousing for residents of #Chicagoland and throughout the state of #Illinois.

A U.S. Supreme Court decision is raising concerns about racial profiling in federal law enforcement as immigration raids ramp up.

But locally, advocates said discriminatory policing is nothing new. And some worry the high court’s ruling could potentially impact local policing. to.wttw.com/46MDxOw

September 29, 2025 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight YouTube video by WTTW

Last night, our own Director of Criminal Legal System Loren Jones was featured on a WTTW - Chicago PBS #ChicagoTonight panel discussing racial profiling and the implications of the recent Supreme Court decision in Noem v. Perdomo.

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Hands Off Chicago / No Kings! Rally and March · Indivisible Chicago Here in Chicago we know how to rise up, fight back, and support each other. It is more important than ever that we do that together on October 18th as we show the nation and the world that Chicago is ...

We are thrilled to partner with @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social, who, along with many other partner organizations, are hosting a rally at Butler Field in Grant Park on Saturday, October 18, 2025. The rally starts at 12:00 P.M. with a march to follow.

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Learn about the Chicago Healthy Homes Ordinance, Tuesday, September 23, 2025, at 6pm. Register at bit.ly/chho-sep23. Brought to you by the Metropolitan Tenants Organization.

Want to learn more about the Chicago Healthy Homes Ordinance? Join the Metropolitan Tenants Organization for a virtual informational session on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, at 6:00pm CT on Zoom. To register, visit bit.ly/chho-sep23

#healthyhomes #chicago #freewebinar

The coordinator will work with allied organizations, coalitions, elected representatives, and community leaders who are passionate about police accountability and community-led public safety.

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The Campaign Coordinator serves as the administrator for the GAPA coalition. This person’s main goals are to uphold the values of GAPA’s community leaders and to ensure that the coalition works to achieve its desired objectives.

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The Grassroots Alliance for #PoliceAccountability, of which we are a member, is hiring a full-time Campaign Coordinator!

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No president can unilaterally undo state laws. The Pretrial Fairness Act is the law in State of Illinois. We call on @govpritzker.illinois.gov to defend it against any and all federal attempts to nullify it.

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Impact for Equity stands with the Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice, who is calling on all Illinoisans to write to Governor Pritzker’s office to let him know that on no uncertain terms, you support no-cash bail.

By ending cash bail, Illinois has begun to level the playing field. Pretrial release should be determined by a number of factors, none of which is how much money the accused has available to them.

These are fundamentally undemocratic ideals that in essence create two legal systems – one for the rich and well-connected, another for everyone else.

In Illinois, the Pretrial Fairness Act recognized that cash bail places an undue burden on poor and minoritized communities by effectively saying pretrial freedom can be bought, is only for the affluent, and should depend upon one’s income level.

Today, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order aimed at strongarming states into violating their own laws that ended cash bail.

In 2025, Illinois does not have *any* #affordablehousing being built in the state's least-affordable communities under the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC). Impact for Equity encourages future rounds of funding to incentivize the development of low-income #housing in these areas.

More low-income housing in less affordable communities needed IHDA awards must refocus on granting tax credits to low-income housing in less affordable communities across the State of Illinois.

Impact for Equity staff counsels Martin Cozzola and Suni Kartha analyze the missed opportunities of the 2003 Affordable Housing Planning and Appeals Act (AHPAA). impactforequity.org/low-income-h...

As CHA's Plan For Transformation Turns 25, Advocates Worry It Could Take 40 More Years To Complete Public policy group Impact For Equity said a "wake-up call" on the public housing agency's Plan for Transformation is needed as the city struggles with an affordable housing crisis.

@blockclubchi.bsky.social's @rachelhinton.bsky.social delves deep into Impact for Equity's new "Building the Future" report on the Chicago Housing Authority.

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