A group of protesters disrupted a state housing agency’s meeting on Friday over what they called an unjust decision to not award tax credits to a controversial Northwest Side affordable housing development. Chicago Tribune.com
Danville Housing Authority officials took a major step toward demolition of six apartment buildings at the Fair Oaks public housing complex. News-Gazette.com
Krystal Johnson had a steady paycheck until call center StarTek shuttered its Decatur facility in 2012. With unemployment pay totaling less than half of previous wages, she fell behind on bills and eventually faced eviction. Herald & Review
Mayor Bob O’Dekirk and representatives from the Joliet Housing Authority walked the city’s Fairview Public Housing Complex on Friday night on The Hill to bring a message that Fairview’s days are numbered. Demolition of the large public housing complex should begin in August or September. Once Fairview is torn down, nothing will be rebuilt here. […]
Ralph Jordan is set to come to the Aurora Housing Authority from the Indianapolis Housing Agency, where he is chief operating officer, housing authority officials said in a statement. He will take over leadership of the agency as it seeks to remove the “troubled” label it has received from the U.S. Department of Housing and […]
Mayor Bob O’Dekirk and representatives from the Joliet Housing Authority walked the city’s Fairview Public Housing Complex on Friday night on The Hill to bring a message that Fairview’s days are numbered. Demolition of the large public housing complex should begin in August or September. Once Fairview is torn down, nothing will be rebuilt here. Patch.com
Danville Housing Authority officials took a major step toward demolition of six apartment buildings at the Fair Oaks public housing complex. News-Gazette.com
A former official of the Hammond Housing Authority has pleaded guilty to embezzling $633,628 in federal housing assistance money. NWI.com
A multi-party lawsuit alleging a contractor installed faulty doors at a public housing complex in 2013 finally is settled, with the defendants paying $120,000 to the Alton Housing Authority. The Telegraph.com
THEBES — Housing and Urban Development has agreed to reduce monthly rent beginning in June for many of the roughly 30 families who have been told they must move from two public housing complexes in Thebes that have fallen into disrepair. The Southern Illinoisan
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