With a shortage of over 150,000 homes in Chicago, the city seeks new solutions to provide quick and affordable homes to residents.
Modular homes and accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, are seen as the most effective solution to this crisis, providing Chicagoans with cheaper access to housing in residential neighborhoods. The city has created pilot programs in hopes of serving the community at large.
Reset learns more about these programs and the fight for affordable housing in Chicago.
GUESTS: Bob Palmer, policy director at Housing Action Illinois
Alex Nitkin, government finance and accountability reporter at Illinois Answers Project
Tim Swanson, founder of Inherent L3C