The first public meeting on the city’s Housing Task Force report occurred in September. Since that time, there’s been some controversy from landlords about the report’s process and city officials have discussed ordinance changes to reach recommendations in the report. The city had appealed a binding opinion from the state’s attorney general’s office regarding a […]
ROCKFORD — The Rockford Housing Authority and Gorman & Company are moving ahead with plans for an east side affordable-housing complex, in spite of a pending lawsuit over the development. rrstar.com
FREEPORT — The Freeport Housing Authority Workforce Development Institute will graduate members of the current WDI class with a Certificate of Workforce Readiness at 3 p.m. March 18 at Highland Community College Student/Conference Center, 2998 W. Pearl City Road. Journal Standard.com
ALTON — After a 40-minute executive session Tuesday, Alton Housing Authority commissioners approved a 2016 operating budget giving 2.5 percent raises to all staff except its executive director. The Telegraph.com
Brian Sullivan, a federal HUD spokesman, which took possession of the troubled local agency this past week, told the newspaper on Monday: “We have communicated to Mr. Ashmore in no uncertain terms we thought his selection to be improper, and he is not the executive director of the housing authority.” The Southern Illinoisan
ROCKFORD — Neighbors of an approved development on South New Towne Drive have sued the city, alleging that it ignored its own subdivision rules when it authorized a tentative plat map for an affordable housing development. rrstar.com
More than 1,000 units of public housing in Rockford could be broken up and rebuilt in the next few years. Some aldermen say residents are counting on City Council to be involved in that process. To do that, the first step, the city says, is to create a new committee dedicated to public housing issues. […]
CAIRO – With a team of six HUD officials reporting to work in Cairo on Monday, The Alexander County Housing Authority became the 19th housing authority to be taken over by the federal government in the past 30 years. The Southern Illinoisan
GALESBURG — Shakisha Grays was awarded a Northern Illinois Council of Housing Administrators Scholarship of $1,000. Knox County Housing Authority Executive Director Derek Antoine and KCHA Board of Commissioners Chairman Lomac Payton presented her with the check at the KCHA central office. The Register-Mail.com
CAIRO – An attorney for The Alexander County Housing Authority board told the Illinois Attorney General’s Office, in a letter, that members regret not allowing citizens time to address the board during the Jan. 19 meeting at which they hired Executive Director Jason Ashmore. The Southern Illinoisan
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