Some affordability activists say the measure doesn't go far enough, but the mayor called it a “very important step.”
Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s order to end residential water shutoffs for bill nonpayment is now formally part of city law, in an ordinance the City Council approved Wednesday that also prohibits the privatization of Chicago’s water system.
Lightfoot implemented a moratorium on residential water shutoffs from nonpayment in 2019, meaning the new law will not have a budgetary impact, a city representative said during a committee hearing this week. Separately, a utility billing relief program has been in effect for about two years for low-income Chicagoans.
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