Government isn’t exactly a multiple choice test, but eliminating the wrong answers can still be a good step toward a lasting solution.

Impact For Equity recently released a report titled “Many high-cost suburbs continue to violate state affordable housing law” (tinyurl.com/Impact4Equity).

With footing in outside data – notably June’s joint report from the Illinois Economic Policy Institute and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Project for Middle Class Renewal, which said Illinois currently is short 142,000 housing units but would need to open 227,000 over five years to meet projected demand – the report spotlights the 2003 Affordable Housing Planning and Appeal Act, amended in 2021 and 2023.

Altogether the result depicts a problem that’s worsened over time while lar

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