Mangan Builders

844 W Waveland Ave Apt 3, CHICAGO, IL 60613

Judge: Chicago affordable housing rules constitutional; developers' rights not violated, can't sue City Hall

By Jonathan Bilyk | Monday, Oct 3, 2016 @ 6:45pm

The city of Chicago has the constitutional authority to require developers of new condo and apartment buildings to designate a portion of the project as “affordable housing,” a federal judge has said - and developers should enter into a new project understanding the rule could apply to them, despite efforts to avoid it.
Home builders lawsuit: Chicago affordable housing requirements unconstitutional taking of property

By Jonathan Bilyk | Friday, Sep 4, 2015 @ 3:47pm

A Chicago-based home builder and the local trade association which represents the company and others like it has sued the city of Chicago, alleging the city’s so-called affordable housing ordinance amounts to an unconstitutional seizure of property by City Hall.