Intergovernmental Coordination
Coordinating Public Agencies and Community Groups
The Preservation Compact trailblazed public agency coordination, convening leaders from local, state, and federal housing agencies—along with community and tenant advocacy partners—to align efforts around:
- Preserving at-risk affordable housing
- Public agency coordination and oversight activities
- Cross-cutting preservation policy and strategy
This intergovernmental coordination work is structured across three core branches:
Interagency Council
Deteriorating conditions, market conversion, or other forces can threaten the ongoing affordability of subsidized properties. To prevent loss, The Preservation Compact coordinates the Interagency Council, which brings together federal, state, county, city and tenant advocacy.
Government agencies and advocates brainstorm strategies and track progress, and the Compact reaches out to owners about available resources and options to preserve properties – including selling to preservation buyers.
To assist the Interagency Council’s efforts, the Compact created an interactive Interagency Reference Map that shows the location and subsidy information associated with nearly every assisted property across Illinois. This map is an invaluable tool for targeted interventions, and for Compact partners. The Compact also created a consolidated timeline and summary of Illinois and Chicago preservation laws to help government agencies, preservation buyers and advocates discourage opt-outs of government contracts.
Impact
Interagency Council partners have identified and helped preserve 60 properties with:
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