After a political deadlock left up to 100 projects on hold, Chicago’s City Council finally has a new permanent chair to lead its powerful Zoning committee. In the Loop checks in with Ald. Gilbert Villegas, 36th Ward. He says he’ll cut red tape and embrace technology to get affordable and market-rate housing and major development projects built faster.

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