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47-R-69
WHEREAS, the Evanston Plan Commission, after an extended study and
discussion of housing problems in the City of Evanston, gave final approval
on October 15, 1969 to their report titled "Evanston Housing Problems and
Objectives," and said report contains a statement of recommended "Goals and
Policies;" and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Development Committee of the City Council
has carefully considered the Plan Commission's report and did on December 1,
1969 recommend adoption by the City Council of the "Goals and Policies"
statement, as revised; and
WHEREAS, the City Council voted at the December 1, 1969 meeting to
concur in the Planning and Development Committee's recommendation and now de-
sires to formally adopt this statement of basic housing goals and policies:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of
Evanston, Illinois, that it hereby adopts and endorses the following state-
ment as the official policy of the City government:
Goals and Policies
The following statement offers a basic housing goal for the City:
"To provide a desirable residential environment for all
income groups, by encouraging and assisting in the de-
velopment of a housing supply with a variety and diver-
sity of housing types and prices, in accordance with
the standards of optimum density and property conserva-
tion as set forth in the statement of community objectives."
To attain this goal, the following policies, corresponding to the
six problems previously identified, are stated as community objectives:
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1. Housing Discrimination
To develop regulatory devices, enforcement methods, and
citizen education programs toward the goal of ending
racial discrimination in the housing market.
2. Lack of Individual Resources and Knowledge
To assist all residents, particularly low-income families,
in obtaining the basic knowledge and the legal and finan-
cial resources needed to cope with their housing problems.
To develop sources of low cost financing for home improve-
ments and housing purchases.
3. Substandard Housing
To continue a vigorous code compliance program to improve
existing s!ri.bstandard housing and to eliminate illegal
housing ` a, and to initiate programs to deal with prob-
lems of substandard and obsolete structures which are not
economically suited to upgrading through code enforcement
alone.
4. Excessive Housing Costs
To utilize and encourage public, private, or cooperative
programs to partially subsidize low-income families who
are paying a -disproportionate share of their income for
housing costs, thus permitting them to remain within the
housing units they are presently occupying. At the same
time, any existing code violations or substandard features
of the existing housing units should be corrected. To
develop programs and to seek financial resources to assist
families in converting certain types of land purchase con-
tracts to mortgages with more favorable terms.
5. Inadequate Existing Housing Supply
a. To encourage the development by public or private
enterprise of housing units suitable for large
families and for the elderly.
b. To provide relocation assistance and subsidized
housing, where necessary and possible, for low
and moderate income families displaced by govern-
mental action.
c. To participate in State and Federal programs within
available resources providing new, rehabilitated,
and replacement housing for low and moderate income
• persons and families according to need.
d. To foster and encourage private developers and in-
stitutions to provide assistance in relocating in
' Evanston persons displaced by their actions.
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6. Emergency Housing
To develop new resources for providing emergency
short-term housing.
7. Citizen Participation
To involve representatives of citizens whose hous-
ing needs are to be served by governmental programs
in the planning and implementation stages of such
programs.
/s/ John D. Emery
Mayor
• ATTEST:
/s/ Maurice F. Broim
City Clerk
Adopted: December 8. 1969
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