Chicago, Illinois, Affordable Housing Construction Measure (November 2016)

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Affordable Housing Construction: Chicago
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The basics
Election date:
November 8, 2016
Status:
Approveda Approved
Topic:
Local housing
Related articles
Local housing on the ballot
November 8, 2016 ballot measures in Illinois
Cook County, Illinois ballot measures
See also
Chicago, Illinois

A nonbinding advisory question was on the ballot for Chicago voters in Cook County, Illinois, on November 8, 2016. It was approved.

A yes vote was a vote in favor of requiring that at least half of newly constructed residential units cost no more than a third of an average Chicago tenant's income
A no vote was a vote against requiring that at least half of newly constructed residential units cost no more than a third of an average Chicago tenant's income

Election results

Affordable Housing Construction Measure
ResultVotesPercentage
Approveda Yes 2,370 77.02%
No70722.98%
Election results from Chicago Board of Elections

Ballot question

The following question appeared on the ballot:[1]

Shall the 1st Ward require that at least half of newly constructed residential units cost no more than a third of an average Chicago tenant's income?[2]

Full text

The full text of the measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing local ballot measures in Illinois

This measure was put on the ballot through a vote of the governing officials of Chicago, Illinois.

Recent news

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Footnotes

  1. Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, "Offices, Candidates, Retention Judges, Constitutional Questions, Referenda And Local Options," November 8, 2016
  2. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.