CHICAGO— Today, the City Council approved ordinances introduced by Mayor Brandon Johnson that will spark the construction of 18 three-flats in East and West Garfield Park through the Johnson administration’s Missing Middle infill housing initiative.
The projects, which represent $18.1 million in collective investment, will benefit from $150,000 per unit in City assistance made available by Mayor Johnson’s $1.25B Housing and Economic Development Bond.
“Repopulating our communities is essential to the future of Chicago, Missing Middle is helping get us there,” said Mayor Brandon Johnson. “By filling vacant lots with new homes, we’re creating opportunities for current residents to stay in their community, for new residents to plant their roots, and for neighborhoods like East and West Garfield Park to grow and thrive.”
In East Garfield Park, Westside Community Group will lead an $8.1 million project replacing four vacant lots on the 3800 block of W.
Washington Blvd and W.
End Ave. With seven three-flat apartment buildings.
In West Garfield Park, the Garfield Together Partnership will construct 11 three-flats amounting to $10 million on six vacant lots on the 3300 and 3400 blocks of W.
Monroe St. and W.
Adams St.
Missing Middle is at the center of Johnson administration’s strategy to repopulate neighborhoods throughout Chicago by leveraging vacant City land and HED financing to facilitate construction of contemporary, medium-density housing that has become “missing” from South and West Side communities following decades of disinvestment.
The program provides City-owned lots for $1 and HED funds to empower minority-owned developers to create homes with purchase prices that are commensurate with market rates.
With today’s approvals, the initiative includes more than 100 Missing Middle buildings containing more than 300 homes across the West and South Side. Total project costs are over $11 million.
Mayor Johnson remains committed to delivering more affordable homes and supporting projects that drive greater economic vitality in East and West Garfield and communities across Chicago.
The Johnson administration has put the construction of a larger, more diverse housing stock and thousands of new affordable homes at the center of its strategy to make Chicago more affordable for working people.
More information about the program and selected projects isavailable on the Missing Middle website.