For a variety of reasons, affordable housing has been a prominent theme lately. For the City of Chicago, it seems to be part of every major housing development. Many of the Chicago suburbs have discussions as part of any new development.The issues revolve around how many units should be committed as affordable housing units, at what price (i.e. what percentage of what indicator of income should be used, and at what point does building affordable housing discourage development?). It is certainly a balancing act.In suburbs …