On Tuesday, we were fortunate to have two guests speak with us about their viewpoints on what "affordable housing" is and why it's important to a community. Gail Schechter is the former head of Open Communities and she brought with her the Rev. Jan Smith, who represents a group called the Housing Opportunity Development Corporation (HODC). Below are some materials they have used to educate the public. They also provided us with a flyer from a group that opposes the development of a multi-family development in Wilmette. Coincidentally and fortunately, there was a Plan Commission meeting that very evening at the Wilmette Village Hall, in which (perhaps) hundreds of residents showed up to express their opinions about HODC's most recent development.
