Years after a measure to raise a tax on property sales above $1 million to fund homeless services failed to gain traction, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s aldermanic allies introduced an updated version of the plan Thursday with hopes that momentum from the new mayor’s electoral victory this year will help secure its passage.

       The “Bring Chicago Home” resolution was one of Johnson’s hallmark campaign promises and a key plank of his 100-day agenda. Championed by a coalition of housing advocates who say the city’s homelessness crisis needs immediate action, the measure ran into a false start four years ago when Johnson’s predecessor, Lori Lightfoot, who had supported Bring Chicago Home, grew reluctant after assuming office.

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       Sponsors of the latest resolution — progressive Aldermen Maria Hadden, 49th, Matt Martin, 47th, and Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, 35th — said Thursday that with a homeless population unlikely to find relief without more help soon, the time to act is now.