Rezoning for a Better Evanston, a new not-for-profit in the city, aims to increase homeownership opportunities for Black and middle income residents by legalizing multi-unit housing, co-founder Roger Williams said. “We’re very much coming at this initially from the perspective of stopping the hemorrhaging of Black residents out of Evanston,” co-founder and 7th Ward resident Frank Hill said. The Black proportion of the city’s population dropped from 22.5% in 2000 to 14.8% in 2024, Hill said. That’s where Williams met Hill, and the pair realized they shared similar views, Hill said. But with housing prices rising and enrollment in Evanston public schools dropping, he said he worries about that diversity’s future.