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by Matthew Blake
2:03pm
Fri Jan 13

Possible Deal On Ward Remap, But Few Happy

Chicago City Council

The Chicago City Council could soon reach a deal on remapping the city’s 50 wards, though neighborhood groups and even the alderman in charge of the remap blast both the map-making process and the final product.

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
11:42am
Tue Mar 16, 2010
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As Foreclosures Spread, Bankers Say: "We're Doing Our Best"

Housing

Ald. Ray Suarez (31st Ward) and State Sen. Iris Martinez (D-Chicago) called a joint meeting in Chicago on Monday to pressure the banks to do a better job maintaining foreclosed properties and to speed up the unduly slow modification process to keep more people in their homes.

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
4:23pm
Mon Mar 8, 2010

Bringing TIF Back To Its Roots (VIDEO)

Tax Increment Financing

On Wednesday, Chicago Ald. Walter Burnett (27th Ward) and a handful of co-sponsors will introduce an ordinance that would require the city to set aside 20 percent of all new tax increment financing (TIF) revenue to jumpstart affordable housing projects. We look at how such an investment would buoy the city's housing market and create jobs.