Steven Can Plan
A Claude Code skill to find relevant parts of someone’s speech in a video
Okay, 2026 should be the year Illinois lawmakers do something about the housing shortage
Choosing NITA board members: it needs the best people
I’ve been composting using the city’s food scrap dropoff program for two years now
Two-flat journal 10: the project has a permit and basement digging has begun
How Chicago could maintain its housing affordability status
Reasons why your (a Chicagoan) 2024 property tax bill went up
Illinois’s new energy act could facilitate geothermal heating for housing
Illinois legislature adopts People Over Parking Act to ban parking mandates in transit-served areas
City Council finally passes a permanent ADU law
This is the month we get ADUs legalized citywide
Chicago Fire share the stadium plan they plan to share with the Plan Commission
Ald. Fuentes: “Additional dwelling units historically in the city of Chicago have been naturally occurring affordable units for our families”
ADUs passes the Chicago zoning committee, City Council comes next
Allowing ADUs across Chicago: it’s never been more real
Guest post: Chicago has multiple crises that more housing could mitigate
Greenline Homes is building brand new houses with junior ADUs
ADUs in Chicago: it’s the 4-year anniversary of a 3-year pilot program
New nuclear would help Illinois keep up with energy demand
Chicago home builder: Parking mandates limit the number of dwelling units we can build
Panel: Bringing back 2-to-4 flats
AARP Illinois talks to Brian and Steven about legalizing ADUs citywide and statewide
Submit witness slips for housing abundant bills: Illinois spring 2025 edition
If parking relief is granted to just about every development, why require parking in the first place?
Redevelopment potential of the Walgreens stores in Chicago
Transit in St. Petersburg
Fair share: how many new homes were permitted in your Chicago ward?
How the Connected Communities ordinance prevents new development approval from languishing by forcing a vote
Two-flat journal 9: other two-flat rehab blogs