UPDATE: ROCKFORD (WIFR) — The federal government is stepping in, after a plan to place affordable housing on Rockford’s east side is put on hold. A firm tone from Antonio Riley with the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, demanding that something be done. This in the wake RHA and Gorman and Company’s […]
DANVILLE — A local task force is recommending demolishing 1,000 housing units in Danville in the next five years — and within three months, applying for funding to demolish the Fair Oaks public housing complex. The News-Gazette.com
A freshman House Republican is calling for an investigation after a government report revealed the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is allowing people that make over a quarter of a million dollars per year to stay in public housing and has refused to take any action to evict them. Washington Examiner.com
COLLINSVILLE — More than three months after the executive director of Madison County Housing Authority retired, commissioners Thursday OK’d a replacement, hiring his counterpart from Alton. The Telegraph.Com
MT. VERNON — Jefferson County Housing Authority Executive Director Tom Upchurch has been questioned about also being the director of Alexander County Housing Authority. Mount-Vernon Register News
PEORIA, Ill. — Residents of Public Housing are being encouraged to fight stigmas and take pride in themselves and their communities. CI News Now.com
ROCKFORD — The city of Rockford and the Rockford Housing Authority could be found in violation of federal fair housing laws if the agency doesn’t move forward with plans to relocate residents of public housing to less segregated and less impoverished areas. RR Star.Com
ALTON — Commissioners accepted resignation Tuesday of Alton Housing Authority Executive Director Andy Hightower, naming a 41-year employee as interim director, both effective Aug. 19. The Telegraph.Com
FREEPORT — Kenneth Hines felt a little comfort this afternoon knowing authorities charged two Freeport men with the murder of his 22-year-old son, William L. Hines. JournalStandard.com
The city has won the right to take over Evergreen Terrace, a 356-apartment, low-income housing project, from its private owners after a 10-year legal battle. But Joliet must pay the $15 million acquisition price determined in federal court by Sept. 1 to get the property. The Herald News
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