Mayor Brandon Johnson, stung by the apparent defeat of Bring Chicago Home, ought to jump at the housing industry’s offer to negotiate alternative solutions to homelessness.
Christy Beretta, left, and Gloria Davis look at election results while attending an election night watch party for the Bring Chicago Home referendum campaign on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Chicago. The apparent demise of Bring Chicago Home, one of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s signature initiatives, is a stinging setback for a mayor who’s seen quite a few already in a term that has yet to hit the one-year mark.
We wish we could say the same about the activists and other supporters of Bring Chicago Home, who generally reacted by pinning the blame on opponents’ efforts to defeat the measure rather than acknowledging the obvious problem. The public didn’t trust this mayor, who’s struggling badly to convince even those sympathetic to his views that he’s up to the job, with what appeared to be a blank check.
A wise politician would mount a listening campaign after such a rebuke from voters and seek out the opinions of those who know how to get housing built and what the impediments are to doing so. These include nonprofit developers as well as the private sector.
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