Freeport HA Celebrates Graduates During Wagner House Ceremony
FREEPORT — Jazzmine Jones was about to lose her home and car when she committed to Workforce Development Institute’s eight-week, employment skills program. Journal Standard.com
Public Housing News
Joliet Seeks To Seize Control Of Low-Income Housing After 11-year Legal Battle
For 11 years the city of Joliet, Illinois, has waged a legal battle to condemn and seize control of a large, low income housing complex called Evergreen Terrace. WBEX 95.1 Chicago
Lake County Housing Authority Development Construction Starts Soon
Work on a replacement to the former Marion Jones housing complex is set to start this month near Coles Park, a development that will include a senior-living apartment building and town homes for family housing, along with other amenities including a community center. Chicago Tribune
Housing Project Lawsuit Thrown Out by Judge
A lawsuit filed by opponents of Rockford’s S. New Towne Housing Project has been been thrown out by a judge according to Winnebago County officials. The lawsuit filed by nearby residents alleged that Rockford City Council had acted illegally in their proceedings when they approved the plat for the public housing project being developed by […]
Housing Authorities’ Merger Possible
DANVILLE – Initial discussions have started about possibly merging the Danville and Vermilion County housing authorities. Commercial News.com
Rock Island HA Wins National Merit Award
Washington, D.C. (July 15, 2016) – The Rock Island Housing Authority has been chosen as a recipient of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO) Awards of Merit: Affordable Housing for Lynden Lane. The official presentation of the award will take place in Portland, Ore. on July 15 during NAHRO’s Summer Conference. QCOnline.com
RHA gets $200K to help residents get jobs
ROCKFORD (WREX) – Rockford Housing Authority is one of more than a dozen Illinois housing authorities getting a chunk of nearly $2.9 million to help residents find jobs. WREX.com
HAJ Receives Money from HUD
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Monday $75 million to help families living in public housing and those participating in HUD’s Housing Choice Voucher Program connect with services to further their education, find good jobs and to set them on a path to self-sufficiency. The Herald News
Peoria HA – 44 New Units Near Taft
PEORIA — The process of relocating at least some residents of the Taft Homes public housing project has begun. It appears they won’t have far to move. Journal Star
Demolition of Des Plaines Garden in Joliet begins
JOLIET – They came not to praise it but to raze it. Des Plaines Garden Homes is coming down. At a demolition ceremony Friday, speakers lauded the future Water’s Edge development that will replace the city’s first public housing project. There were no signs of remorse for the end of Des Plaines Garden. […]