Housing ordinance flaws. NBOA Board Member Jeff Weinberg (NSBC) wrote this letter to the editor explaining why the Northwest Side Preservation Ordinance is such a bad idea, and the Chicago Tribune featured it in their Sunday edition…
‘Crisis mode’: Housing providers are being squeezed by rising insurance costs, driving rents up. Unlike other states, Illinois can do little about it. This front-page story in the Chicago Tribune highlighted two of the NBOA's…
Chicago Tribune editorial, March 21, 2024. Apparent flameout of Bring Chicago Home is an opportunity for Mayor Johnson. “The industry voices we heard didn’t gloat after voters nixed the idea. To their credit, they offered…
Vote no to Mayor Johnson's Tax Increase The Bring Home Chicago tax increase is a threat to Chicago's neighborhood housing providers. Proponents of this property tax call it a tax on mansions. It's not. It's…
The NBOA was prominently featured in the September 14, 2023 Chicago Tribune story about the proposed Title Transfer Tax increase. Miguel Chacon, a landlord and real estate broker for small-to-midsize property owners in Pilsen, called…
Block Club News included the NBOA in its review of the impacts of the proposed increase in the Title Transfer Tax: Miguel Chacon, a realtor, landlord and member of the Neighborhood Building Owners Alliance, echoed…
On Sunday July 30, 2023, Miguel Chacon appeared on Fox & Friends national morning news show to discuss Chicago's proposed increase in the title transfer tax. Miguel spoke to the unintended consequences of the proposal,…
A front-page story in the Chicago Tribune about housing for immigrants discusses the challenges facing housing providers and their response to the situation. Referring to the "June 11 discussion … hosted by the Neighborhood Building…
Chicago Tribune, June 21, 2023. Chicago rental assistance program restarting soon as state takes over Michael Glasser, president of the Neighborhood Building Owners Alliance, said the extra month provided to tenants and landlords to negotiate…
The Chicago Tribune's story on eviction and the ERP (Early Resolution Program) prominently featured the perspective of neighborhood housing providers, describing how the ERP "has dramatically slowed down the eviction process, drawing praise and pushback…