Suburban Housing Collaborative: A Case for Interjurisdictional Collaboration

In this issue of Profitwise News and Views Spotlight, this article explores four examples of interjurisdictional collaboration (IJC) from the Chicago metropolitan area. All four areas have been supported – to varying degrees – by the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus (MMC), Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP), and Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC), as well as multiple sources of public and private investment. These examples involve suburban communities and demonstrate the changing ways that metropolitan suburbs address housing issues.