| Zoning reform Ending single-family-only zoning, upzoning near transit, reducing minimum lot sizes. | Supports Will reform zoning to allow supportive housing and shelters by right, removing additional approval requirements. | Supports ● Supports sensible zoning to make it easier to build housing and convert buildings. | No stated position | Supports Supports expanding as-of-right housing near transit and commercial areas and using neighborhood typologies instead of one-size-fits-all zoning; as alderman, called for a City Council committee hearing on any proposed affordable housing project. | Supports Supports reducing building code requirements to lower housing costs. | Supports Proposes building housing on city-owned vacant lots, implying zoning changes to allow 4-6 units per lot. | No stated position | Supports ● Supports building housing near CTA to utilize public transportation. | No stated position | No stated position |
| Affordable housing funding Bonds, the housing trust fund, Bring Chicago Home / transfer-tax revenue, subsidies. | Supports Will waive fees for new affordable housing buildings and fast-track zoning and building approvals. | Supports ● Supports leveraging federal resources and bringing private and nonprofit capital to address affordable housing shortage. | Supports Proposes reallocating funds from 'ghost vacancies' to provide housing credits for renters. | Supports Supports stronger production targets for deeply affordable units, alongside preservation financing and TIF redirection; would not revive the transfer tax in the form voters rejected. | Supports ● Calls for construction of housing that working Chicagoans can afford. | Supports Calls for building 100,000 new housing units to create jobs and expand the tax base. | Supports ● Supports increasing the supply of housing across the city, including transit-oriented, workforce, and adaptive reuse housing. | Supports ● Proposes utilizing vacant properties to increase housing supply. | No stated position | Supports w/ conditions ● Supports an abundant supply of housing as a minimum standard, but links it to first tackling the city's budget crisis. |
| Public housing / CHA Chicago Housing Authority redevelopment, vouchers, replacement units. | Supports Will enact a freeze on transferring CHA land to non-housing uses. | Supports Plans to add an elevator to each Dearborn building, with construction expected to start in 2027. | No stated position | No stated position | No stated position | No stated position | No stated position | No stated position | No stated position | No stated position |
| Homelessness Encampments, shelter capacity, permanent supportive housing, migrant housing. | Supports Supports creating a dedicated revenue stream for permanent housing and services to address homelessness via the Bring Chicago Home ordinance. | Supports ● Believes Chicago needs a reliable, long-term funding strategy to address homelessness. | No stated position | Supports ● Describes an integrated strategy that treats homelessness as part of the housing system. | No stated position | No stated position | No stated position | No stated position | No stated position | No stated position |
| Tenant protections Rent stabilization, eviction protections, just-cause, lifting the state rent-control ban. | Supports Will push for rent stabilization legislation at state level with property tax abatements. | No stated position | No stated position | Supports Supports expanding anti-displacement support including legal aid, rental help and preservation funds, paired with anti-displacement safeguards on as-of-right growth. | No stated position | No stated position | No stated position | No stated position | No stated position | No stated position |
| ADUs / coach houses Legalizing accessory dwelling units citywide beyond the pilot zones. | Supports Will expand the Additional Dwelling Unit pilot to all areas of the city. | No stated position | No stated position | No stated position | No stated position | No stated position | No stated position | No stated position | No stated position | No stated position |
| Permitting & approvals Speeding permits, reducing parking minimums, aldermanic prerogative over developments. | Supports Will instruct buildings department to review regulatory changes to reduce costs. | Supports ● Supports faster approvals and predictable timelines to speed up development. | No stated position | Supports Supports faster permit timelines and objective standards to reduce delay-driven cost inflation; as alderman, used aldermanic prerogative to push a contested affordable-housing conversion through approval. | No stated position | Supports ● Incentivize private development by reducing red tape and ensuring faster permitting | Supports Supports streamlining the permitting process to get construction projects and businesses up and running faster. | Supports ● Supports expediting the permit process for housing development to prevent losing developers to other cities. | No stated position | No stated position |
| Property taxes & TIF Property-tax burden as it affects housing costs; TIF reform and redirection. | Supports Will push for rent stabilization with property tax abatements. | Mixed / unclear ● Acknowledges property assessments should reflect economic reality but opposes shifting tax burden between taxpayers. | Supports Proposes using funds from eliminating 'ghost vacancies' to provide property tax credits for homeowners and housing credits for renters. | Supports Supports an income-indexed property tax circuit breaker, extended to renters, plus a transparent, evidence-driven assessment framework; rejects the claim that his board's business reductions shifted the burden onto homeowners. | No stated position | Supports Argues that building 100,000 housing units will generate $300 million in new property tax revenue, allowing taxes to be lowered. | No stated position | No stated position | No stated position | No stated position |
| Social / municipal housing City-owned or mixed-income social housing developers and green social housing. | Supports Will create a Chicago Social Housing Pilot Program for mixed-income housing capped at 30% of income. | No stated position | No stated position | No stated position | No stated position | No stated position | No stated position | No stated position | No stated position | No stated position |