Unless the tenor of negotiations shifts in Washington, D.C., the feds are not coming to save Cook County from a multi-year budget chasm that grows wider every day, county officials said Wednesday.

The situation looks grimmer now for county leaders than it did two months ago, when Cook County Chief Financial Officer Ammar Rizki was projecting a $200 million drop-off in revenue for 2020 and the U.S. House of Representatives had just passed a $3 trillion aid package that would have set aside roughly $1 trillion to reimburse state and local governments for lost revenues.

After dozens of tense community meetings, months of shut-it-down protests and nearly a year of City Council politicking, city officials and Woodlawn residents have struck a deal to secure the future of their neighborhood.

“It looks like we might have an ordinance that I might co-sponsor,” Ald. Jeanette Taylor (20) told The Daily Line last week.

Ald. Jeanette Taylor (20) and Mayor Lori Lightfoot

Ald. Jeanette Taylor (20) is backing an ordinance proposed by Mayor Lori Lightfoot laying out a suite of affordable housing programs for Woodlawn, putting to rest a year-long feud between the two leaders over how to protect residents from potential displacement spurred by the Obama Presidential Center.

City leaders struck a deal with Woodlawn community groups on Sunday to amend a proposal developed by the city’s housing department earlier this year by adding heavier protections for low-income renters, a key priority for Taylor and members of the Coalition for a Community Benefits Agreement. The ordinance is set to be formally introduced during Wednesday’s City Council meeting.