Abundant Housing Illinois

Holiday Happy Hour

It's been a big year for our Illinois UE chapter, and we're excited to celebrate our wins with all of you at our holiday happy hour! We will be gathering at Will's Northwoods Inn at 6 pm on Thursday, December 14th. Will's is walking distance from the Wellington Brown Line and Belmont Red/Purple Line CTA stations. We will also be collecting winter clothes to donate to our new migrant neighbors. Hope to see you there!

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Fostering Our 🌎 Podcast Feat. Chris!

UE IL Co-Lead Chris Asmar was on a podcast last month! On the episode, Chris and Fostering Our Earth podcast host Awoe delve into the topic of housing, discussing why it is challenging to build affordable housing and the characteristics of NIMBYism and YIMBYism. Chris highlights the challenges that cities face regarding housing and mobility, and describes how organizations such as the Urban Environmentalists are working to address them by expanding transportation options beyond driving, promoting sustainable communities, and advocating for more affordable housing.

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Zoning Chair Letter - Momentum Grows

In last month's newsletter, we highlighted our Zoning Chair letter, in which a dozen organizations called upon Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to tackle common-sense zoning reforms that will make it easier to build housing for all Chicagoans.

However, our work did not stop once our letter was published. Thanks to the hard work of UE members Pranay and Richard, an op-ed version of our letter was published in the Sun Times on December 4th (image above). And then, on December 6th, the . This article, which also links to our from earlier this year, was unprompted. We're glad to have caught the Tribune's attention, and appreciate their highlighting our efforts!