Aldermen OK easing ban on trainer homes

Chicago’s 63-year-old ban on trainer homes and basement or attic flats can be repealed for 5 huge spaces of town beneath a pilot program proposed via Mayor Lori Lightfoot and counseled Tuesday via two aldermanic committees. The proposal used to be authorized 22-1 after a two-hour joint assembly of the City Council’s Zoning and Housing committees. The vote sends the ordinance to the total council for ultimate motion. It permits building of accent residing devices—or ADUs—inside 5 zones, equipped the extra area another way meets development and protection codes. Coach homes or carriage homes—single-family houses within the rear of a assets—and so-called in-law flats are some of the houses that fall beneath the ADU umbrella. Supporters stated easing restrictions on