Chicago Investors: Johnson's PRO Ordinance is officially going to vote at the housing committee meeting Wednesday 9/16

Now it’s time to take your support much further, as our industry is under assault. We must all devote focus and effort to sway public opinion. This is our core objective: Advocacy for issues critical to our industry. And we need your help at this critical time.

As you likely know, we in the housing provider industry are facing competing plans from City of Chicago leadership that have such outsized impact that we are reaching out to our community.

Here’s what we’re asking –

1) Take action yourself at NBOAChicago under the advocacy tab

2) Share 2 social media posts before September 15th:

• Source the post to share from NBOA social accounts on Facebook, X, LinkedIn or Instagram (go to a post and select “share” or “repost”)

· Facebook:

· X:

· LinkedIn:

· Instagram:

• Utilize tagging to garner attention (type in the @ sign followed by a name for a connection’s information to pop up):

• Tag specific individuals you think should see it

• Tag your own company and relationships on City boards and committees

• Tag NBOA

3) Prefer to post yourself rather than share from the NBOA social posts? Visit our new website to view our article and video library and share page links directly to the site.

4) Send an eblast to your colleagues and clients.

• Send a timely topic-focused eblast from your company email software or directly email your contacts

5) Call your Alderperson. Scroll to the lower portion of the call to action in this link to start an automatic call to your alderperson’s office: .

6) Talk about saying no to PRO. We can’t get into every room, and we’re depending on you to advocate for property owners in rooms we are not in.

Quick and Easy Messages You Can Cut and Paste into Social or Email:

• Mayor Johnson’s PRO ordinance makes housing more expensive for EVERYONE. Say no to more City fees that increase rent. Take action and say no to Mayor Johnson’s PRO: .

• Mayor Johnson’s Protect Renters Ordinance doesn’t protect renters. Instead it adds fees, red tape, and new restrictions on how housing providers manage their own buildings. This ordinance makes it more expensive at every turn. Higher fees, more paperwork, and everything in it designed to hurt the multifamily market. Join me in telling City Council no to PRO: .

• We love to do business in Chicago, and when our industry is hit by proposed legislation that will damage the economy and the people of this great city we take it very seriously. That’s why we’re saying no to Mayor Johnson’s PRO ordinance. Click here to join us: .

And, Ask Your People to Share.

Tell them it matters to you, in your own words or you can use our draft message below:

• Please share this information - make sure your alderperson knows this is a bad idea. You cannot make housing more affordable by making it more expensive to provide housing.