Ald. Jeanette Taylor (20), top right, addresses Michelle Woods of the Chicago Department of Assets, Information and Services during a Tuesday committee meeting. [Livestream]

The City Council Committee on Housing and Real Estate approved a measure Tuesday to lease new space to help the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability and the reconstituted Department of Environment secure sufficient office space.

While alderpeople approved the lease amendment, they also implored city officials to consider ways to use existing properties owned by the city in the future that could also provide investment to underserved neighborhoods.