City Council moves to protect affordable housing on the Northwest Side | Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

City council approved the Northwest Side Housing Protection Ordinance. It raises demolition fees and offers tenants the opportunity to buy their homes. Residents of parts of Humboldt Park, West Town, Logan Square, Avondale and Hermosa have faced rising housing prices due to gentrification now for over a decade. In partnership with local officials, neighborhood organizations worked to create legislation that would protect affordable housing in their neighborhoods. A city ordinance passed last week is set to go into effect as early as October. It includes a $60,000 demolition surcharge per building, which will be put into a land trust for residents to buy homes in addition to giving tenants first right of refusal to buy their home if it goes up for sale. Reset discusses what the ordinance aims to achieve. GUESTS: Alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, 35th Ward Gary Jimenez, housing organizer with Palenque LSNA --- WBEZ’s Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons is your forum for the Chicago conversation. We bring context to the latest local news with journalists, experts and newsmakers. And we cover a wide variety of beats from State and City Politics to Arts and Culture to the Environment. Every Tuesday, we talk Health and Wellness. Every Thursday, it’s Food and Music. We’re on the latest news stories throughout the week and on Fridays in our Weekly News Recap. 💻 Check out more Reset interviews: wbez.org/reset 📧 Sign up for our daily newsletter: wbez.org/resetnews 🎧 Listen to the Reset podcast: https://bit.ly/3Tog0N3