Committee on Housing and Real Estate

The Committee on Housing and Real Estate shall have jurisdiction over all housing, redevelopment and neighborhood conservation matters and programs (except Zoning and the Building Codes), City planning activities (except land use planning), development and conservation, matters generally affecting the Chicago Plan Commission (except land use planning), and the City's housing agencies. It shall also have jurisdiction over all acquisitions and dispositions of interest in real estate by the City, its agencies and departments. The Committee's jurisdiction includes all other acquisitions or dispositions of interest in real estate which the City Council is required to approve under state or federal law. The Committee shall have jurisdiction over all leases of real estate, or of space within buildings to which the City or any of its agencies, departments or offices, is a party.

Members

Workload this term

• Items referred: 196; reached a final action: 175
• Waiting in committee: 18 (median 706 days); over 180 days: 13; over a year: 12
• Meetings held: 45 (44 with video); cancelled: 7
• Calendar feed: subscribe (.ics)

Waiting longest

• O2023-0004286 Eviction counsel eligibility (O2023-0004286), 1118 days, sponsor Johnson, Brandon
• Call for hearing(s) on application of City planning principles to City-owned land sales including uses and analyses for conformance with Community Preservation Areas policies (R2023-0004212), 1118 days, sponsor La Spata, Daniel
• Call on Illinois General Assembly to rescind state-wide preempting of rent control laws (R2023-0004242), 1118 days, sponsor Sigcho-Lopez, Byron
• Implementation of 30-day advance notice to alderpersons when any public or private property in ward will be designated as temporary residential shelter for more than 12 individuals (O2023-0004225), 1098 days, sponsor Beale, Anthony
• Amendment of Municipal Code Titles 5 and 13 by adding new Section 5-12-071 and by replacing in its entirety Section 13-72-105 requiring landlords or condo governing associations to maintain safety and security on respective premises (O2024-0008930), 902 days, sponsor Mitchell, Gregory I.
• Acquisition of Midway Flight Facility at 5400 W 63rd St from Illinois Department of Military Affairs (O2024-0012556), 748 days, sponsor Johnson, Brandon
• Call for hearing(s) on impacts of algorithmic price fixing on housing availability and affordability (R2024-0012413), 748 days, sponsor Rodriguez Sanchez, Rossana
• Amendment of Municipal Code Section 5-12-170 relieving landlords of obligation to attach security deposit rights documentation when tenant does not submit security deposit (O2024-0013148), 727 days, sponsor Hopkins, Brian
• Lease with GH Chicago IL LLC for intercity bus terminal (O2024-0013733), 706 days, sponsor Johnson, Brandon
• Amendment of Municipal Code Title 5 by adding new Chapter 5-25 prohibiting prohibition of lessee leasing to another tenant for operation of grocery, pharmacy or drug store (O2025-0014905), 629 days, sponsor Mosley, Ronnie L.
• Amendment of Municipal Code Chapter 5-12 by modifying various sections regarding rental security deposits and by inserting new Section 5-12-085 requiring itemized list of cost estimates that comprise move-in fees (O2025-0017572), 503 days, sponsor Martin, Matthew J.
• Call for annual subject matter hearing(s) on concerns from parties impacted by tenant right to purchase pilot programs (R2025-0019948), 376 days, sponsor Villegas, Gilbert
• Call for hearing(s) to examine Chicago Housing Authority's compliance with federal disability laws (R2026-0023358), 230 days, sponsor Villegas, Gilbert
• Call for hearing(s) to examine impact of Department of Housing and Urban Development's proposed mixed-status family rule change on vulnerable Chicago residents (R2026-0024911), 174 days, sponsor Villegas, Gilbert
• Call for hearing(s) to provide insights and recommendations for Flexible Housing Pool program (R2026-0024883), 174 days, sponsor Hadden, Maria E.

Upcoming meetings

• Thu, Oct 8, 2026, 10:30 AM

Recent meetings

• Sep 16, 2026 (video)
• Jul 20, 2026 (cancelled)
• Jul 14, 2026 (video)
• Jul 8, 2026 (video)
• Jun 29, 2026 (video)
• Jun 10, 2026 (video)
• Jun 3, 2026 (cancelled)
• May 13, 2026 (video)
• May 4, 2026 (video)
• Apr 8, 2026 (video)
• Mar 12, 2026 (video)
• Mar 11, 2026 (cancelled)
• Feb 11, 2026 (video)
• Jan 14, 2026 (video)
• Dec 3, 2025 (video)