@catvielma.bsky.social
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Evanston running a clinic on blue government housing dysfunction
Geracaris "we need to get to a point where we know what we want built and where and then we just allow that"
YEP.
Rogers "everybody wants to just give this one away. Smaller projects have provided more public benefits"
THIS IS HOW YOU GET A HOUSING CRISIS.
YEP.
Rogers "everybody wants to just give this one away. Smaller projects have provided more public benefits"
THIS IS HOW YOU GET A HOUSING CRISIS.
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Evanston running a clinic on blue government housing dysfunction
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Chicagoland going for MVP:
“This is beyond anyone’s wildest imagination in the best possible way,” Khan said. “It’s overwhelmingly amazing, and we just want to make sure we get food to people who need it the most.”
www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/e...
“This is beyond anyone’s wildest imagination in the best possible way,” Khan said. “It’s overwhelmingly amazing, and we just want to make sure we get food to people who need it the most.”
www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/e...
Evanston food drive overwhelms 'in the best possible way' as SNAP recipients face uncertainty
Many waited more than an hour to drop off bags of groceries during a food drive at Evanston Township High School.
www.nbcchicago.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Chicagoland going for MVP:
“This is beyond anyone’s wildest imagination in the best possible way,” Khan said. “It’s overwhelmingly amazing, and we just want to make sure we get food to people who need it the most.”
www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/e...
“This is beyond anyone’s wildest imagination in the best possible way,” Khan said. “It’s overwhelmingly amazing, and we just want to make sure we get food to people who need it the most.”
www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/e...
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Full write up on my Evanston redevelopment research is now up!
Summary:
Currently, SFH to SFH teardowns far outnumber SFH to multifamily teardowns in Evanston. They are also far more costly - 1.57M on average, or over 3x as expensive as the torn down home medium.com/@chitranspla...
Summary:
Currently, SFH to SFH teardowns far outnumber SFH to multifamily teardowns in Evanston. They are also far more costly - 1.57M on average, or over 3x as expensive as the torn down home medium.com/@chitranspla...
New Build Single Family Homes far more Common — and Costly — than Missing Middle in Evanston
The most contentious aspect of Envision Evanston 2045, Evanston’s attempt to make a Comprehensive Plan for the next 20 years covering…
medium.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Full write up on my Evanston redevelopment research is now up!
Summary:
Currently, SFH to SFH teardowns far outnumber SFH to multifamily teardowns in Evanston. They are also far more costly - 1.57M on average, or over 3x as expensive as the torn down home medium.com/@chitranspla...
Summary:
Currently, SFH to SFH teardowns far outnumber SFH to multifamily teardowns in Evanston. They are also far more costly - 1.57M on average, or over 3x as expensive as the torn down home medium.com/@chitranspla...
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says this is incredible variances without public benefits .
I cannot stress this enough. The primary public benefit of housing is people FUCKING LIVE IN IT. People having homes is an unequivocable good, especially dense development.
Calls the tax credit "gifted money."
I cannot stress this enough. The primary public benefit of housing is people FUCKING LIVE IN IT. People having homes is an unequivocable good, especially dense development.
Calls the tax credit "gifted money."
September 30, 2025 at 2:33 AM
says this is incredible variances without public benefits .
I cannot stress this enough. The primary public benefit of housing is people FUCKING LIVE IN IT. People having homes is an unequivocable good, especially dense development.
Calls the tax credit "gifted money."
I cannot stress this enough. The primary public benefit of housing is people FUCKING LIVE IN IT. People having homes is an unequivocable good, especially dense development.
Calls the tax credit "gifted money."
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"...you are not a serious person. You are a yard sign liberal. Their agenda serves to just make sure things are worse for people down the chain. I'm begging you all to not give into the folks who fought against the albian, duplexes, but watch don't care when starter homes become mcmansions"
September 30, 2025 at 1:44 AM
"...you are not a serious person. You are a yard sign liberal. Their agenda serves to just make sure things are worse for people down the chain. I'm begging you all to not give into the folks who fought against the albian, duplexes, but watch don't care when starter homes become mcmansions"
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While Chicago passes a prerogative-based expansion of ADUs, its northern neighbor Evanston is covering itself in glory by blocking more than 80 affordable homes in a downtown highrise because...the local Council person thinks half as many homes would be better evanstonroundtable.com/2025/09/26/g...
September 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
While Chicago passes a prerogative-based expansion of ADUs, its northern neighbor Evanston is covering itself in glory by blocking more than 80 affordable homes in a downtown highrise because...the local Council person thinks half as many homes would be better evanstonroundtable.com/2025/09/26/g...
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Hey everyone! I'm new to Chicago, just moved up from the south because they are becoming less and less fans of transgender people. Down south I did a ton of YIMBY, transit, community defense, and anti-Moms For Liberty stuff & live blogged govt meetings. Looking to do the same here!
June 19, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Hey everyone! I'm new to Chicago, just moved up from the south because they are becoming less and less fans of transgender people. Down south I did a ton of YIMBY, transit, community defense, and anti-Moms For Liberty stuff & live blogged govt meetings. Looking to do the same here!
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We had so much fun at our Urbanist Playdate event in Evanston. We even had a special guest (Evanston mayor Daniel Biss) stop by and say hi!
Thank you to everyone who attended and to our Evanston members for spearheading this event! 😊
Thank you to everyone who attended and to our Evanston members for spearheading this event! 😊
June 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
We had so much fun at our Urbanist Playdate event in Evanston. We even had a special guest (Evanston mayor Daniel Biss) stop by and say hi!
Thank you to everyone who attended and to our Evanston members for spearheading this event! 😊
Thank you to everyone who attended and to our Evanston members for spearheading this event! 😊
not a weekend to be on X and talking about affordable housing lemme tell ya that
June 8, 2025 at 1:41 AM
not a weekend to be on X and talking about affordable housing lemme tell ya that
pope bump
May 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
pope bump
god, this photo gets
me in the feels. love my city.
me in the feels. love my city.
A paletero making his way amongst the spring blooms along the Chicago lakefront.
May 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
god, this photo gets
me in the feels. love my city.
me in the feels. love my city.
The kids are alright.
Letter to the editor: Who defines the 'character' of Evanston? evanstonroundtable.com/2025/02/12/l...
Letter to the editor: Who defines the 'character' of Evanston? evanstonroundtable.com/2025/02/12/l...
Letter to the editor: Who defines the 'character' of Evanston? - Evanston RoundTable
Recently, a letter to the editor was published by Alf McConnell claiming that the zoning code revisions proposed in the Envision Evanston 2045 process
evanstonroundtable.com
February 14, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The kids are alright.
Letter to the editor: Who defines the 'character' of Evanston? evanstonroundtable.com/2025/02/12/l...
Letter to the editor: Who defines the 'character' of Evanston? evanstonroundtable.com/2025/02/12/l...
Louder for the Evanston residents!
Pretty much but ofc zoned capacity is not the number of units that will be get built. We estimate getting <10% of the extra zone capacity by 2040
February 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Louder for the Evanston residents!