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Fran Spielman interviews Marisa Novara on Chicago affordable housing crisis

Marisa Novara says it’s “painful to me to be in the realities of our fiscal situation.”

By  Sun-Times staff
   
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Housing Commissioner Marisa Novara.

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A top mayoral aide Friday bemoaned the budget crisis that will make it tough for Mayor Lori Lightfoot to use an increased real estate transfer tax to reduce homelessness and bankroll affordable housing.

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