Utilizes HUD data regarding the Annual Median Income (AMI) for the Chicago Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). Should people who work in a community be able to live in it?

1. Affordable
Housing and
Racial Diversity

2. Should people who
work in a community
BE ABLE TO LIVE IN IT?
Why or why not?

7. LINCOLN AVE
ELM ST

8. LINCOLN AVE
ELM ST

11. “I think there is a
lot more support
than opposition…”

12. The apartments,
Trandel said,
“are going to be
expensive.”

13. $4000/MONTH

14. $1.6M to 2.65M

15. What is
“affordable housing”?

16. “The 30% Rule”

17. What is the 2018 AMI for
the Chicago MSA?

18. What is the 2018 AMI for
the Chicago MSA?
AREA
MEDIAN
INCOME
METROPOLITAN
STATISTICAL
AREA

19. What is the 2016 AMI for
the Chicago MSA?
AREA
MEDIAN
INCOME
METROPOLITAN
STATISTICAL
AREA
(80%) $67,700 (owners)
(60%) $50,760 (renters)

20. What is “affordable” for
different occupations?

21. What is “affordable” for
different occupations?
OCCUPATION 30% of monthly income
Police Patrol Officer $1447 / month
Carpenter $1251 / month
Pre-school Teacher $848 / month
Grocery store cashier $809 / month

22. What is the
minimum
wage in
Illinois?

23. $8.25 / hour

24. “In order to afford a
modest, two-bedroom
apartment in Illinois,
renters need to earn
$20.34 per hour.
— Housing Action Illinois

25. This means that to afford
a two-bedroom home…,
a person earning Illinois’
minimum wage…must
work 99 hours per week
just to make ends meet.”

26. “The Illinois General Assembly passed the
Affordable Housing Planning and Appeal
Act (AHPAA) in 2003 to address the lack of
moderately-priced housing that exists in
many communities.
Growth in home values continues to outpace
growth in household incomes throughout the
Chicago region and many people who are
vital to local economies and who provide
critical community services cannot afford to
live in or around the places they work.”

27. 26
28
20
17
15.4
30
20
14.7
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
Evanston Highwood Niles Skokie
% AFFORDABLE HOUSING
2000 2011
Affordable Housing Planning and Appeal Act (EXEMPT)

28. 0.4
3.4
4.5 4.1
5.5
12.4
0.5 1.4
2.5 2.5
4.1
7.4
2.2 2.5
3.2
2.7
4.5
7.3
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
Kenilworth Glencoe Northfield Winnetka Wilmette Glenview
% AFFORDABLE HOUSING
2000 2011 2018
Affordable Housing Planning and Appeal Act = 10%

30. C.A.V.E

31. C.A.V.E
CITIZENS AGAINST
VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING

32. B.A.N.A.N.A

33. B.A.N.A.N.A
BUILD ABSOLUTELY NOTHING
ANYWHERE NEAR ANYTHING

34. N.I.M.B.Y

35. N.I.M.B.Y
NOT IN MY BACK YARD

36. Y.I.M.B.Y

37. Y.I.M.B.Y
Yes! IN MY BACK YARD

38. “That report shows Glenview,
Northbrook, Kenilworth,
Glencoe, Winnetka,
Northfield, Wilmette, Lake
Bluff, Lake Forest and
Highland Park are among the
46 local governments in
Illinois that have less than a 10
percent share of affordable
housing, meaning they are
not exempt from the law”
(emphasis added).

39. 28.6
40.3
5.5
10.2
26.6
58.2
10
15.8
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Evanston Highwood Niles Skokie
% BLACK OR LATINO
2000 2010

40. 1.6 3.2 2.2 1.5 2.7
5.7
1.9 3.9 3.4 2.5
4.1
6.8
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Kenilworth Glencoe Northfield Winnetka Wilmette Glenview
% BLACK OR LATINO
2000 2010

41. Why does this matter?
OR DOESN’T IT?

44. Southern Burlington County
NAACP v. Township of Mount
Laurel, 67 N.J. 151 (1975)

45. Mt. Laurel I (1975)
“A homogeneous community, one exhibiting
almost total similarities of taste, habit,
custom and behavior is culturally dead, aside
from being downright boring. New and
different life styles, habits and customs are
the lifeblood of America. They are its
strength its growing force. Just as diversity
strengthens and enriches the country as a
whole, so will it strengthen and enrich a
suburban community….”

46. Should people who
work in a community
BE ABLE TO LIVE IN IT?
YES or NO?