Chicago City Council Unanimously Votes to Relegalize Coach Houses and Conversion Units

Written By Chloe Groome

The Chicago city council voted unanimously to relegalize coach houses and conversion units today. This is a crucial step forward for incremental and affordable housing in Chicago.

Please thank your alderperson for voting yes to pass this important ordinance. Additionally, if they have single family zoning in their ward, encourage them to OPT IN with the fewest restrictions possible ASAP.

Find your ward and alder here.

Chloe Groome

Chloe Groome is a founding board member of Strong Towns Chicago. She has a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering and a lot of opinions about architecture and urban planning. Her favorite hobbies are writing, knitting and attending contentious zoning meetings. Long time listener, first time contributor, she has been following Strong Towns and the urbanism movement for nearly a decade and is thrilled to be here. You can listen to her discuss her journey on The Bottom-Up Revolution here. Join the Strong Towns Chicago mailing list, follow on Instagram, and be sure to join their Slack to start building a better Chicago.

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