May, 2015 Archive


Rockford HA Invests in Solar Panels

The Rockford Housing Authority is completing a three-year, $7.2 million energy performance upgrade at nine of its 11 developments. Each site — aside from Fairgrounds Valley and Brewington Oaks, which are awaiting redevelopment — has gotten a new, more efficient system, including lighting, appliances, insulation, water, heating and cooling.  rrstar.com

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Residents Await Relocation

Residents of Two Tampa Housing Projects Await Relocation.  The sprawling West Tampa public housing project was built during World War II when air-conditioning was considered an unnecessary luxury for public housing. By the time James and his mother moved into a two-room home on Main Street and Willow Avenue, mold and dampness were common throughout […]

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Need Outweighs Funding

The Moline Housing Authority recently opened its Section 8 waiting list for the first time in five years. The first person got in line at 3 a.m. By the time executive director John Afoun got to work at 6:30 a.m., the line of applicants curled around the building and there was still a half hour […]

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Joliet/Main Office

822 Infantry Drive, Suite 100
Joliet, Illinois 60435

Phone: 815-730-9500

Oswego Office

126 South Main Street
Oswego, Illinois 60543

Phone: 630-554-7800

Morris Office

116 E. Washington Street
Morris, Illinois 60450

Phone: 815-513-5437