421 N. COUNTY FARM ROAD  
WHEATON, IL 60187  
DU PAGE COUNTY  
Home Advisory Group  
Final Summary  
Tuesday, July 1, 2025  
11:30 AM  
Room 3500B  
1.  
CALL TO ORDER  
11:30 AM meeting was called to order by Chair LaPlante at 11:32 AM.  
2.  
ROLL CALL  
Staff Present: Mary Keating, Community Services Director; Ashley Miller, Community  
Development Manager; Momina Baig, Housing & Community Development Planner  
(remote); Chloe Harrington, Housing & Community Development Planner (remote);  
Alyssa Jaje, Housing & Community Development Planner (remote); Rebecca DeLaura,  
Housing & Community Development Planner (remote)  
Assistant State’s Attorney - Katherine Fahy  
People in attendance: Juan Luna Nunez, Project Analyst, Full Circle Communities;  
Matt Burbach, Development Project Manager, Gorman & Company  
Barfuss, Flint, Haider, Honig, LaPlante, Schwarze, and Bricks  
Bastian, Cronin Cahill, Crandall, and Krajewski  
Hennerfeind  
PRESENT  
ABSENT  
LATE  
3.  
4.  
PUBLIC COMMENT  
No public comments were offered.  
APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
4.A.  
Home Advisory Group - Regular Meeting Minutes - Tuesday, April 1, 2025  
APPROVED  
Andrew Honig  
Saba Haider  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
5.  
COMMITTEE VOTE REQUIRED  
5.A.  
Request to waive the Funding-HOME Applications, Risk Analysis and  
Monitoring/Financial Viability of HOME Funded Projects Policy, Section 5. and  
recommendation of a Conditional Commitment of $2,400,336 of HOME Investment  
Partnerships (HOME) Program funds between DuPage County and Gorman & Company,  
LLC – Tower Court Residences – for new construction of 71 units of affordable rental  
housing development in Naperville, Illinois, for seniors and persons with disabilities.  
Mary Keating, Director of Community Services, provided an update regarding the  
approval process for HOME funds. This process involves multiple steps. It starts with a  
preliminary set-aside, created mainly for projects applying for Low-Income Housing Tax  
Credit (LIHTC) through Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA). Since only  
about 30% OF LIHTC applications are approved, the preliminary set-aside serves as a  
conditional letter of intent, showing potential support without fully committing funds.  
The next step is a conditional commitment, which happens when a project is nearly  
ready, pending legal agreement among all funding sources. Both current projects have  
received LIHTC and aim to close by the end of August. To avoid delays, the request is to  
issue the conditional commitment now, even though not all details are finalized. This  
allows legal documents to move forward and helps meet necessary committee and board  
schedules. A risk analysis is still being completed, but will be finished before final  
County Board approval, where actual funds are committed. The Home Advisory Group  
remains advisory and does not secure funding.  
Chair LaPlante added that a lot of work has gone into both projects especially the Glen  
Ellyn project. Many advocates from that community have done an excellent job  
raising awareness and engaging with the county board. It is a great roadmap for future  
efforts like this project.  
On a Roll Call Vote, all Ayes, the motion passed.  
APPROVED  
Saba Haider  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
Greg Schwarze  
Barfuss, Flint, Haider, Honig, LaPlante, Schwarze, Hennerfeind, and  
Bricks  
Bastian, Cronin Cahill, Crandall, and Krajewski  
ABSENT:  
5.B.  
Request to waive the Funding-HOME Applications, Risk Analysis and  
Monitoring/Financial Viability of HOME Funded Projects Policy, Section 5. and  
recommendation of a Conditional Commitment of $1,750,000 of HOME Investment  
Partnerships (HOME) Program funds between DuPage County and Full Circle  
Communities, Inc. – Taft and Exmoor Development – for new construction of 42 units of  
affordable rental housing development in Glen Ellyn, IL for families and persons with  
disabilities.  
Reference Item 25-1633.  
On a Roll Call Vote, all Ayes, the motion passed.  
APPROVED  
Greg Schwarze  
Saba Haider  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
Barfuss, Flint, Haider, Honig, LaPlante, Schwarze, Hennerfeind, and  
Bricks  
Bastian, Cronin Cahill, Crandall, and Krajewski  
ABSENT:  
6.  
OTHER BUSINESS  
Chair LaPlante referenced information that was shared by Mary Keating in Human Services  
meeting regarding the 211 programs. 211 flyers were provided and Chair LaPlant encouraged all  
municipal partners to take the information and distribute to constitutes as the flyer contains  
valuable information. Mary Keating provided updates regarding the 211 system that DuPage  
County launched in 2023.  
7.  
8.  
ADJOURNMENT  
With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 11:43 AM.  
NEXT MEETING DATE - AUGUST 5, 2025