DANVILLE — It’s a demolition site now. But Verity Shepard can already picture a green space at the south end of Fair Oaks, where one of the original apartment buildings in the public housing complex is being razed. News-Gazette.com
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development does not have any direct authority to collect the $500,000 that former Alexander County Housing Authority Executive Director James Wilson agreed to pay for misusing federal funds, according to a senior agency official. TheSouthern.com
RAD transitions public housing to Section 8 housing. Per HUD rules, units move to Section 8 under a long-term contract that must be renewed. Residents continue to pay 30 percent of their income for housing. HUD said converting public housing units to Section 8 allows agencies to leverage private capital to make building improvements. PeoriaPublicRadio.org
The Housing Authority of Champaign County is calling on the Trump administration to withdraw a proposed rule that could render homeless thousands of immigrant families currently living in public housing. News-Gazette.com
The House of Representatives [June 24 2019] unanimously approved an amendment offered by U.S. Rep. Mike Bost expressing Congress’s will that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) fully implement changes recommended by its Office of Inspector General for Cairo’s public housing system. Recommended reforms include stronger enforcement for uncooperative housing agencies, improved communication […]
Seven months after the federal government ordered former Alexander County Housing Authority Director James Wilson to pay a $500,000 fine for mismanaging public housing funds and program fraud, he’s yet to make a single payment. The Southern.com
The two-story West Macon Street house that Lance Spinler recently bought includes a fenced-in backyard where his beagle Dotti and American bully Luka can play. Go inside, and the home was built to keep heat and power costs low, another selling point. Herald-Review.com
DANVILLE – July 8 is the anticipated start date for the demolition of six Fair Oaks public housing complex buildings. Commercial-News.com
A demolition company is busy removing two housing complexes in Cairo. More than two years ago, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced they would be demolishing the McBride and Elmwood housing units due to unsafe and hazardous conditions. wsiltv.com
CAIRO — There are unlikely to be any criminal charges brought against James Wilson, the former longtime director of the Alexander County Housing Authority and mayor of Cairo. In September, then-Acting Deputy Housing and Urban Development Inspector General Jeremy Kirkland told a U.S. House oversight panel that his office had forwarded the investigation to the […]
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