CHICAGO (Jan. 30, 2025) – We are proud to announce that slots are available for assistance in the Caucus’ 2025 Homes for a Changing Region program. Homes helps municipalities identify solutions to their most pressing housing challenges, create a balanced mix of housing types, and serve the needs of multiple generations of residents and workers. Homes is a partnership between the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus and BRicK Partners and is supported by the Illinois Housing Development Authority.
Since 2005, the Homes for a Changing Region housing planning program has helped over 60 municipalities, or one in five of our region’s communities, understand and respond to changes in their local housing markets. The Homes team will help you understand the current state of your market. The Homes process brings together data, regional expertise, and case studies from peer communities to identify solutions to a community’s unique challenges and opportunities, which may include:
- Ensuring maintenance and preservation of the existing housing stock;
- Community affordability amid sudden increases in local home prices;
- The need to support seniors aging-in-place and potentially isolated in their homes, and/or;
- Increasing the supply of housing options, such as starter homes.
Homes will provide fast and highly targeted technical assistance through a housing needs assessment, discussions with local stakeholders, a panel of housing experts, and a final action plan. Homes also utilizes a community survey, which will help municipalities identify emerging housing issues and community needs. At the end of the process, the team will identify best practice actions and resources to fund implementation.
Assistance is free. However, our slots for 2025 are very limited. Please fill out the application at this link by Friday, February 28th, to be considered for 2025 assistance. For more information, please contact Ben Schnelle at bschnelle@mayorscaucus.org.
Over the past year, the Villages of Oswego, University Park, Lincolnshire, and Lincolnwood have participated or are currently participating in the Homes program.
About the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus
The Metropolitan Mayors Caucus is a membership organization of the Chicago region’s 275 cities, towns and villages. Founded in 1997, the Caucus pushes past geographical boundaries and local interests to work on public policy issues. The organization provides a forum for metropolitan Chicago’s chief elected officials to collaborate on common problems and work toward a common goal of improving the quality of life for the millions of people who call the region home. For more information, visit mayorscaucus.org, and connect with the organization on Facebook, X (Twitter), LinkedIn and YouTube.