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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, Most of the City of Chicago is divided 
3economically into rich or poor; economic segregation 
4concentrates not only the poor, but also the wealthy; the 
5growth of concentrated poverty on the City's South and West 
6sides and the decline of Chicago's middle class means that 
7other areas must, in contrast, have concentrated wealth; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, When poverty rates and segregation are high in 
9metropolitan areas, those regions perform worse economically 
10relative to less segregated areas; regions segregated by race 
11as well as skills have slower rates of income growth and 
12property value appreciation; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, Chicago ranks third on the list of cities with 
14isolated wealth, behind Boston and Philadelphia; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, The Metropolitan Planning Council has been 
16working on a range of efforts to spur healthy, mixed-income 
17communities; for a decade, they have been working with 9 
18regional housing authorities  through the Regional Housing 
19Initiative to provide subsidies for affordable housing in 
20low-poverty communities near transit; recent changes to the 
21Chicago's Affordable Requirements Ordinance will result in 
22more affordable housing in market-rate buildings in 
 
 
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1high-income communities; and
  
 
2    WHEREAS, The Chicago Housing Authority is increasingly 
3partnering with developers in profitable real estate markets to 
4place public housing units in North Side neighborhoods; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Chicago TREND is embarking on an ambitious 
6strategy to bring retail to underserved communities, thus 
7better serving existing residents and increasing the 
8likelihood of attracting new services; therefore, be it
  
 
9    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
10NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
11urge the City of Chicago to continue to utilize all resources 
12available to it to decrease the economic segregation that 
13plagues the City and to create a strong middle class; and be it 
14further
 
15    RESOLVED, That Chicago will no longer be a city divided, 
16but a city connected; and be it further
  
 
17    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
18presented to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel.