Amendment of Municipal Code Title 5 by adding new Chapter 5-30 entitled "Centralized Listing Portal Pilot Program" and establishing Centralized Listing Portal Working Group

Votes › Housing and Real Estate › 49th Ward: Maria E. Hadden

• Record number: SO2024-0012422
• Type: Ordinance; category: Municipal Code Amendments
• Status: Final
• Sponsor: Maria E. Hadden (49th Ward)
• Co-sponsors (3): Bennett R. Lawson (44th Ward), Michael D. Rodriguez (22nd Ward), Gilbert Villegas (36th Ward)
• Committee: Committee on Housing and Real Estate
• Introduction Date: Sep 18, 2024
• Final Action Date: May 20, 2026
• Official record: Office of the City Clerk

Roll call: Passed May 20, 2026

50 yea, 0 nay. On motion of Alderperson Sigcho-Lopez, and unsuccessful motion to reconsider by Alderperson Mitchell, the matter was Passed. Voted at the City Council meeting of May 20, 2026.

Yea (50): Daniel La Spata (1), Brian Hopkins (2), Pat Dowell (3), Lamont J. Robinson (4), Desmon C. Yancy (5), William E. Hall (6), Gregory I. Mitchell (7), Michelle A. Harris (8), Anthony Beale (9), Peter Chico (10), Nicole T. Lee (11), Julia M. Ramirez (12), Marty Quinn (13), Jeylú B. Gutiérrez (14), Raymond A. Lopez (15), Stephanie D. Coleman (16), David H. Moore (17), Derrick G. Curtis (18), Matthew J. O'Shea (19), Jeanette B. Taylor (20), Ronnie L. Mosley (21), Michael D. Rodriguez (22), Silvana Tabares (23), Monique L. Scott (24), Byron Sigcho-López (25), Jessica L. Fuentes (26), Walter R. Burnett (27), Jason C. Ervin (28), Chris Taliaferro (29), Ruth Cruz (30), Felix Cardona Jr. (31), Scott Waguespack (32), Rossana Rodríguez Sánchez (33), William Conway (34), Anthony J. Quezada (35), Gilbert Villegas (36), Emma Mitts (37), Nicholas Sposato (38), Samantha Nugent (39), Andre Vasquez Jr. (40), Anthony V. Napolitano (41), Brendan Reilly (42), Timothy R. Knudsen (43), Bennett R. Lawson (44), James M. Gardiner (45), Angela Clay (46), Matthew J. Martin (47), Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth (48), Maria E. Hadden (49), Debra L. Silverstein (50)

Plain-language summary

Written by AI (claude-opus-5-5) from the ordinance text only: O2024-0012422 Subsitute Ordinance.pdf. AI can make mistakes; the official document always wins.

This ordinance creates a two-year pilot program for a single website where people can find and apply for affordable rental housing in Chicago. It also requires the Mayor's Office to set up a working group to plan how the website should work and report its recommendations. Owners of certain city-financed affordable units and units covered by the Affordable Requirements Ordinance must list their units on the website once it opens.

• The Mayor's Office must form a working group within 45 days to plan a centralized affordable housing listing portal, including budget, staffing, a possible universal application, accessibility priorities, and an appeals process.
• The working group must consult at least 10 community members and at least one academic institution, then send a written report to city officials within 120 days after its first 6 months.
• Owners of city-financed affordable units (with new agreements after the ordinance takes effect) and units under the Affordable Requirements Ordinance must list their units on the portal once the Department of Housing says it is ready.
• Required owners must report vacancies, turnover time, and reasons for vacancies to the Department of Housing every three months, and these duties pass to new owners if the property is sold.
• The portal must show waitlist sizes, unit details, accessibility features, and contact information, and keep applicant and owner data private; the pilot ends automatically after two years.

Who: Prospective tenants looking for affordable housing, owners and property managers of city-financed or Affordable Requirements Ordinance units, and the Department of Housing are affected.

Where: Citywide in Chicago

Timeline

• Sep 18, 2024: Referred, City Council. The matter was Referred to Committee.
• Sep 24, 2025: Held in Committee, Committee on Housing and Real Estate. The matter was Held in Committee.
• May 13, 2026: Recommended to Pass, Committee on Housing and Real Estate. The matter was recommended to Pass by controlling legislative body.
• May 13, 2026: Substituted, Committee on Housing and Real Estate. Substituted in Committee.
• May 20, 2026: Passed, City Council (50 yea, 0 nay), at the City Council meeting. On motion of Alderperson Sigcho-Lopez, and unsuccessful motion to reconsider by Alderperson Mitchell, the matter was Passed.

Documents

• w49-36 - o12422.pdf (Legislation)
• O2024-0012422 Subsitute Ordinance.pdf (Legislation)

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