Getting to affordable likely a blend of housing tools, task force finding 

Oak Park’s Neighborhood Services Director Jonathan Burch presented two scenarios to the Ad Hoc Housing Task Force at the Friday, Nov. 6, meeting on what could be done to change the village’s Inclusionary Housing Ordinance. One option was to do nothing; the other expanded the requirements and fees to make it stricter, but neither make development feasible in any area of the village with any size of building studied. The meeting did not have a quorum, so no official action was taken by members. The conversation served to give village staff feedback on the options to drive their ongoing work to find possible solutions. The current ordinance focuses on Transit-Oriented Development areas with a fee-in-lieu of on-site affordable units. The fee is currently at $100,000, but will be $130,000 with inflation adjustment, and is applicable to buildings with 25 or more units. The second option presented for an updated ordinance changes geographic focus to downtown Oak Park, Hemi