Steve Wasilowski moderates Lambda Alpha panel discussion on Affordable Housing

Recently, Steve Wasilowski moderated a panel discussion entitled Creating Affordable Housing in Chicago for the Lambda Alpha International Chicago Ely Chapter, of which Steve is a Board Member.

The event featured Jack Markowski, president of Community Investment Corporation and former Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Housing; Steve Friedland, an attorney with Applegate & Thorn-Thomsen and a member of the Illinois Housing Council; and Paul Colgan, the Government Affairs Consultant for the Home Builders Association of Greater Chicago.

The group spoke to timely issues including the city’s Affordable Requirements Ordinance, history and analysis of the city’s current supply of affordable housing, and a discussion of the city’s recently published Five-Year Housing Plan, Bouncing Back.