Housing
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Affordable housing
Daley implemented programs to encourage developers, assist homeowners and renters, promote affordable housing, and fix problems in public housing.
The Plan for Transformation
When Mayor Daley took office in 1989, public housing in Chicago faced a number of challenges.
Julia Stasch, housing commissioner (1997-1999), explains:
To address those problems, Mayor Daley worked with the federal government on what came to be called the Plan for Transformation. Under this plan, high-rise complexes gave way to mixed-income housing developments.
Elzie Higginbottom, Chicago real estate developer, and Marilyn Katz, a political consultant to the mayor, discuss the importance of mixed-income developments:
Terry Peterson, CEO of the Chicago Housing Authority (2000-2006), comments on the help Chicago received from the federal government:
