Mayor Lori Lightfoot and aldermen are backing a plan to assess additional fees of several thousand dollars on building demolitions in the fast-gentrifying Pilsen neighborhood and the vicinity of The 606 elevated park on the Northwest Side, in another attempt to slow the loss of housing for working class families. Under the ordinance backed by the mayor and Alds. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, 35th, and Daniel La Spata, 1st, developers knocking down an existing single-family home or two-flat in either area would need to pay a $15,000 fee, while bigger buildings would trigger a $5,000-per-unit fee.
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