Observed arrival · 2026-10-14
Fix Chicago Housing makes zoning a 15-year simulation
An interactive Chicago housing-policy simulator lets visitors change zoning rules and explore modeled effects on homes, rents, affordability, and traffic.
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- Chicago housing-policy readers and meeting-goers
- Worth noticing
- Its baseline includes two measures already in law: transit-area parking mandates ended in July 2025, and a $135 million Green Social Housing fund passed in May 2025.
Field notes
The baseline distinguishes enacted changes from proposals: it includes the end of parking mandates in transit-served areas and a city-backed social-housing fund. The page also accounts for about 4,000 office-conversion homes already underway before showing what additional conversions might add. Its sources span city records, research, and local reporting, while the author describes the simulator as a simple model and says the project is not affiliated with the City of Chicago.
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