Four articles in the national magazine discuss MPC housing initiatives: the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus' housing action agenda and endorsement criteria; Regional Housing Initiative; CHA's use of counselors to manage housing vouchers; and University of Chicago's new employer-assisted housing program.
            
            
		    
		    
            
            
	
            
             MPC’s housing agenda is contributing ideas and "best 
practices" to the national housing policy arena. In the past year, four 
articles referencing MPC’s housing initiatives appeared in the 
Housing and 
Development Reporter’s Current Developments
 biweekly reporter. 
HDR 
Current Developments
is          
   
 
           
   
      
 
 
 
 
       utilized as 
a primary source for objective, accurate reports and analyses by 
industry leaders in affordable housing, community development,
 
finance and taxation. The following articles 
are posted 
with permission from
HDR Current Developments, copyright 
2002-2003
 
by the West 
Group.
  
- Regarding the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus/MPC partnership:
“Chicago Area Mayors Stress Need for Regional Support of 
  Criteria for Housing Projects,” 
by Joseph Poduska, May 
  7, 2002.         
              
  
- Regarding the Regional Housing Initiative:
“Chicago Initiative to Provide Project-Based Rental Vouchers For 
  Housing Near Jobs, Transit,”
      
          September 30, 2002. 
  
- Regarding research MPC published for the Chicago 
  Housing Authority:
“Planning Council Suggests New Program to Help Chicago Families 
  with Temporary Vouchers,”
        
        May 26, 2003. 
  
- Regarding one of MPC's recent employer-assisted 
  housing partnerships:
“University of Chicago Offers Employer-Assisted Housing in 
  Neighborhoods Near Campus,”
   
           July 
  7, 2003.