 Never miss the Morning News Watch. Every community is dealing with a need for more affordable housing, both owner-occupied and renter-occupied. Sometimes that leads to issues like what we were dealing with this spring, which is local authority to be able to have crime-free housing ordinances, to be able to have safe neighborhood programs. Illinois Municipal League Executive Director Brad Cole. These are things that are real serious issues, sometimes that put constituents against each other, sometimes constituents against the local government.