ROCKFORD (WIFR) — The Rockford Housing Authority has received plenty of resistance after announcing a multimillion dollar housing project just off of East State Street and thousands are coming out to oppose the plans. wifr.com
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All across the country people struggle to find affordable housing. People who are low income or on a fixed income find it especially challenging. The demand is driving the cost up so high that there is less and less affordable housing available, as numerous studies have shown. TheCommunityWord.com
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A piece of property on Rockford’s east side is causing a lot of controversy. Not what’s there now, but what could be in the future– government assisted housing. WREX.com
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PEORIA – Peoria Housing Authority is getting some national recognition for a self-sufficiency program it started. PHA won the Merit Award for efforts in Housing and Community Development for their 3E program. Central Illinois Proud.com
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BRADENTON — Former Bradenton Housing Authority Executive Director Wenston DeSue, who pleaded guilty to stealing more than $276,000 from the BHA, will be sentenced in federal court at 9 a.m. Sept. 2, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Tampa. Bradenton Herald
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ROCKFORD, Illinois — The head of a Rockford private security firm says body cameras for his employees provide “validation.” DailyJournal.net
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ALTON — Police say another year of supplemental police patrols at Alton Housing Authority complexes continued reducing crime last year, with a nearly 70 percent increase in arrests. The Telegraph
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Public housing initiative offers second chance to some with arrest records. For more than seven years, Juanita Patton spiraled in and out of homelessness, staying at relatives’ houses, living in shelters and, at times, sleeping at covered bus stops on the streets.Chicago Tribune.com
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A group of Lake Zurich residents prevailed in a fight over a proposal to place chronically homeless people with mental illness in a building in their Lake Zurich-area neighborhood. Daily Herald.com
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ROCKFORD (WIFR) – Public housing could be on its way to Rockford’s east side after the Housing Authority closes on a piece of land just off of East State Street. Wifr.com
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