Dear village council of Winnetka,
My name is Austin Miranda and I am a high schooler at New Trier High School. I am here to talk about affordable housing in Winnetka. In Gail schecters letter, she states that “ Include at least 15% of all units as affordable under the definition of the Illinois Affordable Housing Planning and Appeal act.” She is stating that the apartments are not in that range because each one is $4000 a month.
In this photo David Trandel states that the apartments will be expensive. He did give the people a warning but yet, people still chose to listen to him. I think that the one Winnetka building should not be built unless it is affordable to everybody. There should be some apartments that are that expensive but, they should bring down the price by at least $2000.
Another thing is that in this photo of affordable housing act, Winnetka already has went down by 2% of affordable housing. If this new building comes in, it will decrease it even more and less and less people will be able to live in Winnetka. “To demand of the developer a stated community benefit.” Gail schecter wrote this asking for what benefits it would have doing this project because she doesn't see any benefits in it. I don't see any benefits either for the community it is just bringing him in more money. It is just going to raise taxes in Winnetka just to be able to build the One Winnetka Project. I believe we shouldn't build it.
Sincerely,
Austin Miranda