# Committee on Housing and Real Estate meeting, March 13, 2024

- When: Wed, Mar 13, 2024, 12:30 PM (Chicago time)
- Where: City Council Chamber, 2nd Floor, City Hall, 121 North LaSalle Street - Chicago, IL 60602
- Status: Scheduled & Published
- Committee: [Committee on Housing and Real Estate](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/committee/housing-and-real-estate)
- Video: https://vimeo.com/922980847
- Transcript: [full text](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/files/transcripts/922980847.txt) (4,877 words, official captions)

## Meeting notes

> AI-written from the transcript. Speakers are inferred from cues in the recording, so treat names as estimates and check the video at the linked time.

The available captions for this Committee on Housing and Real Estate meeting are incomplete and end partway through the agenda. The committee approved remote participation requests and the February 16, 2024 Rule 45 report, heard five public commenters on rental fees, housing code enforcement, conditions at a South State Street building and homelessness, and the chair said the committee would hold quarterly CHA hearings both at City Hall and in CHA communities. An intergovernmental agreement for the Department of Administrative Hearings to hear CHA tenant grievances was deferred to the quarterly CHA hearing after Alderperson Angela Clay asked that CHA leadership appear. Sponsors presented an extension of the pilot demolition surcharge through December 31, 2024, and city staff presented a land sale on West 5th Avenue for a parking lot, but the captions end before votes on those items.

Topics: Chicago Housing Authority, tenant grievance hearings, demolition surcharge, city land sale, rental fees, homelessness, public comment

### Agenda items discussed

- [12:51](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/A0C47110-CCD1-EE11-9078-001DD806E542?t=771) Rule 59 remote participation requests: passed
- [13:15](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/A0C47110-CCD1-EE11-9078-001DD806E542?t=795) Public comment period: discussed
- [35:48](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/A0C47110-CCD1-EE11-9078-001DD806E542?t=2148) Approval of the February 16, 2024 Rule 45 report: passed
- [36:12](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/A0C47110-CCD1-EE11-9078-001DD806E542?t=2172) Fifth intergovernmental agreement with the Chicago Housing Authority for tenant grievance hearings by the Department of Administrative Hearings (O2024-0007327): deferred
- [43:24](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/A0C47110-CCD1-EE11-9078-001DD806E542?t=2604) Extension of the demolition surcharge pilot in Municipal Code section 2-44-135 to December 31, 2024 (O2024-0007881): discussed
- [54:22](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/A0C47110-CCD1-EE11-9078-001DD806E542?t=3262) Sale of city-owned parcels at 4704-38 West 5th Avenue for a parking lot: discussed

### Alderpersons who spoke

- [Angela Clay](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/46) (alderperson): Said CHA has been problematic for years and asked that the grievance agreement be held until the CHA chief executive and full team appear before the committee. ([42:16](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/A0C47110-CCD1-EE11-9078-001DD806E542?t=2536)); Said it is a waste of time to discuss a small CHA item when members receive many broader complaints about CHA. ([42:36](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/A0C47110-CCD1-EE11-9078-001DD806E542?t=2556))

## Documents

- [Summary](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/files/clerk/meetingattachmentspublic/c7e0ff37-72b3-4437-aebb-d34384a88dfa.pdf)
- [Notice](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/files/clerk/meetingattachmentspublic/c70079a4-5f21-40f5-b142-2573d96564d8.pdf)
- [Agenda](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/files/clerk/meetingattachmentspublic/ae25231f-41b3-4f52-b904-4ed134e83d4e.pdf)

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