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Bus Rapid Transit: Our Ticket to Livable Cities
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  • June 16, 2010
Listen to this June 16, 2010, event featuring a panel discussion on: An update on the future of bus rapid transit in Chicago. How we can plan now for a more walkable, transit-friendly Chicagoland — including national and international models and local ingredients for success. How the…
Employer-assisted housing: An effective strategy to stabilize neighborhoods or overcome expensive housing markets
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  • May 18, 2010
Serious housing challenges abound throughout metropolitan Chicago, and vary from town to town. In some areas, the demand for affordable housing is greater than the supply. In others, economic development is necessary to revitalize communities and draw potential homeowners to the quality housing…
Employer-assisted housing participants live closer to work
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  • March 9, 2010
The University of Chicago employer-assisted housing (EAH) program provides downpayment assistance and access to homebuyer education to help employees live near work. From 2003 to 2009, 485 employees received credit counseling and homebuyer education from the nonprofit Neighborhood Housing Services…
Livable Communities Act
S 1619 and HR 4690: Federal framework to promote local competitiveness and sustainability
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  • March 3, 2010
The Livable Communities Act (S 1619 and HR 4690) would provide a multi-year authorization for federal sustainability initiatives. The bill authorizes $4 billion over four years for regional planning and challenge grants to make communities more livable, and eliminates federal barriers to…
Improving Housing-Transportation Linkages: Learning from listening sessions in Atlanta and Minneapolis-St. Paul
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  • February 23, 2010
On March 26, 2010, MPC joined representatives from the Center for Housing Policy, Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership, Inc. and ULI Minnesota in Live at the Forum to discuss recent listening sessions MPC and the Center convened in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn., and Atlanta, Ga.. These…
Illinois Affordable Housing Tax Credit
HB 6038: Renewing the incentive that attracts private support for employer-assisted housing in Illinois
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  • February 18, 2010
The Illinois Affordable Housing Tax Credit Program (IAHTC), which provides a 50 cent credit on state income tax liability for every $1 invested in an employer-assisted housing (EAH) program — is an effective tool to engage employers in housing solutions and increase homeownership among…
Plan for Prosperity: 2010 Policy Objectives
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  • January 11, 2010
Each year, MPC presents its 12-month plan for developing, advocating for, and implementing policies that advance our mission: Since 1934, the Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC) has been dedicated to shaping a more sustainable and prosperous greater Chicago region. As an independent, nonprofit,…
Dispatches from Berlin: What American Cities Can Learn from Berlin
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  • November 3, 2009
Listen to this recording of MPC's Nov. 3, 2009, roundtable, which featured a panel discussion with three of the 10 transportation and regional planning professionals from New York, Chicago and San Francisco who attended a Peer Exchange in Berlin, Germany. The panelists discussed highlights from…
Map: Interjurisdictional Collaborations
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  • October 30, 2009
As of Oct. 30, 2009, MPC and its partners are actively building several interjurisdictional partnerships throughout northeastern Illinois. Partnerships listed as 'potential' reflect initial conversations with local decision-makers.
Linking Housing to Prosperity: Successes & Opportunities
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  • October 23, 2009
Listen to this recording of MPC's Oct. 23, 2009, roundtable featuring a panel discussion on local workforce housing successes and opportunities to shape federal investments to promote more livable communities. Panelists were Dorothy Shaw, director of state & local affairs for Northrop Grumman…

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