Kendall County Times

At its Jan. 5 meeting of the Oswego Village Board of Trustees, Trustee James Marter explained his vote to approve a measure that sets targets for establishing a diversified housing stock in town.

“You have had this crusade against rentals and it’s really frustrating that now when we want to talk about making sure we have a diversified housing supply, you ask why does this even matter when you have been the one pushing against the rentals and multi-housing (projects),” Marter said.

Oswego Village Board trustees voted 4-2 to approve the measure, with the resolution setting targets for establishing a diversified housing stock in town and serving as a guide when developers pitch concept plans.

While stopping short of conducting a housing analysis, Oswego officials proposed adopting the resolution that identifies diversified housing targets based on data from the village’s Comprehensive Plan approved in 2015, as well as housing data from the region.

The resolution sets a target of 36% for townhomes and multi-family units and 23% target for rental housing in the village, meaning that if current approved developments within the village are included in the calculations the village’s housing mix would be 67.8% single-family and 32.2% townhome and multi-family.