'If you work in DuPage County, you should be able to live in DuPage County,' Deborah Conroy, DuPage County Board Chairwoman, said Tuesday.
The creation of an ad hoc affordable housing committee was announced during Tuesday's county board meeting and comes two weeks after the county board set aside $2.5 million to start an affordable housing solutions program.
Conroy named county board members Liz Chaplin, a Downers Grove Democrat, and Sam Tornatore, a Roselle Republican, to head the committee. Tornatore heads the county board's development committee, and Chaplin heads the county board's finance committee. For first-time or first-generation homebuyers, essential workers, senior citizens wishing to downsize but remain in their community and young adults who grew up in DuPage County, finding housing that takes up only 30% of their monthly income can be difficult, officials said.
Between 2018 and 2022, some 862 affordable rental units were built in DuPage County, according to Illinois Housing Development Authority Executive Director Kristin Faust told board members Tuesday. During that same time period, 996 homebuyers purchased a home using an IDHA mortgage, Faust said.
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