Less than 24 hours after rejecting a plan to install a training facility for the Chicago Fire soccer team on Chicago Housing Authority land, a City Council Committee has reversed its vote and advanced the proposal.
Looking southwest, the vacant Chicago Housing Authority land bordered by Roosevelt Road, 14th Street, Ashland Avenue and Loomis Street in Chicago is seen on March 23. On Tuesday, a Chicago City Council committee rejected a plan to install a training facility for the Chicago Fire soccer team on the land.
On Tuesday, it appeared those cries were heard by a bloc of progressive aldermen who helped scuttle the plan’s advancement. Ald. Maria Hadden, 49th, said the CHA was not fulfilling its promise to add more affordable housing.had been on the CHA waitlist for 30 years A fan reacts during a Major League Soccer match between the Chicago Fire and the Los Angeles Galaxy at Soldier Field April 16.
However, some aldermen were concerned the plan does not yet have signoff from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which is usually required when using public housing agency-owned land for other purposes. Thus, even if the project is approved, the federal government could kill it.
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