Larry Williams will work his last day as CEO of the Freeport Housing Authority on Sept. 8. Williams, 38, announced his resignation to the authority’s board of commissioners in an email today. He has accepted another job in the region, but is not ready to make the information public, he said. Journal Standard.com
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Some fraudulent activity the Housing Authority of the City of Danville has seen with its housing choice voucher (Section 8) program is prompting some financial policy changes. According to a memo from HACD executive director Jaclyn Vinson to the HACD board of commissioners, the fraudulent activity was discovered in June. Commercial-News.com
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THEBES — As the school bus came to a stop on Wednesday afternoon at Mary Alice Meadows, a dozen or so children spilled out. A small girl took off sprinting down the sidewalk, her backpack bouncing along with every stride of her tiny legs. A young boy showed off his athletic skills by leaping over […]
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It’s been four months since HUD officials announced that about 400 residents would have to move out of their failing housing complexes in Cairo and relocate to other communities. The Southern Illinoisan
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Decatur Housing Authority Director Jim Alpi doesn’t have a background in pest control, but he’s learned more than he ever wanted to trying to keep bed bugs out of the agency’s properties. Herald & Review.com
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JOLIET, IL – The Joliet Housing Authority filed a recent lawsuit against a Joliet couple who went on for months without paying their monthly rent at their downtown apartment complex, 311 North Ottawa Street. In 2015 and 2016, the Housing Authority also brought similar lawsuits against Angela M. Byrd-Davis and Daryl K. Davis. If it […]
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The Aurora Housing Authority is poised for changes to at least two board seats about a month after its executive director left for a job in Alaska. Chicago Tribune.com
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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
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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
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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
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