HUD Takes Action Against ACHA Directors
CAIRO — Housing and Urban Development has proposed an indefinite ban for two former ACHA executives and a three-year ban for a board member from participating in government programs. The Southern.com
July, 2017 Archive
Aurora HA Spends Thousands on Administrative Office
An office fireplace and luxury patio with a pergola and stone seating were installed at the administration offices for the Aurora Housing Authority, an agency charged with overseeing public housing and federal subsidies for low-income families, according to interviews and documents obtained by the Beacon-News. Chicago Tribune.com
Cairo HA Residents’ Lawsuit Settled
CAIRO – Thirty residents of Elmwood and McBride public housing complexes in Cairo and their lawyers are to receive a combined $350,000 under the terms of a settlement agreement between the tenants and their landlord, the Alexander County Housing Authority. TheSouthern.com
$23 Million Renovation Moves Forward
The long-spanning Bristol Place redevelopment project got one step closer to completion Tuesday when the city council voted unanimously to approve the project’s $23 million first site plan. the News-Gazette
Champaign HA to Search for New Executive Director
The Champaign County Housing Authority will conduct a national search to replace Executive Director Ed Bland, who is leaving at the end of July to take a similar job in Virginia. The News-Gazette
Aurora HA Director Heading to Alaska
Aurora Housing Authority Executive Director Keith L. Gregory is leaving the agency. He has accepted a job as president and chief executive officer of a public housing authority in Juneau, Alaska’s capital city, according to a statement from the Tlingit Haida Regional Housing Authority. Gregory’s last day at the Aurora Housing Authority was set for […]
Housing Authority Director’s Tough Decision to Leave
Ed Bland, the executive director of the Housing Authority of Champaign County since 2003, has been hired for the same position in Portsmouth, Va. News-Gazette.com
Negligent Oversight Cited
U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth wrote another letter to Housing and Urban Development’s investigatory arm, this time calling HUD’s “negligent oversight” of the housing authority “inexcusable” and asking that their probe include an evaluation of HUD’s interactions with the ACHA from 2010 to present. The Southern.com
Vermilion County Hosts Walk-In Clinics
DANVILLE – The Vermilion County Health Department’s Women, Infants and Children program will hold twice-a-month walk-in clinics at the Housing Authority of the City of Danville Office at 1607 Clyman Lane starting on May 16. The Independent News
Rockford HA Considers Redevelopment
A $15 million facelift will begin this summer at Orton Keyes. RRSTAR.COM