DANVILLE — The 10-year director of the Danville Housing Authority was placed on administrative leave by the board on Tuesday, and a search has already been launched for a replacement to take the city’s public housing in a new direction. www.news-gazette.com
One Rockford Alderman says Gorman and Company can sue instead of getting her approval for a public housing complex. Alderman Venita Hervey says she’s not backing down without a fight against the development proposed for the city’s east side. WREX.com
NEW YORK (AP) — The federal government’s proposal Thursday to ban smoking inside and out of public housing nationwide got a decidedly mixed reaction from the people most affected. U.S. News.com
CAIRO — A new report says it will cost more than $7 million to make two apartment complexes operated by a troubled southern Illinois public housing authority suitable for residents. State Journal Register.com
PEORIA — The search for the Peoria Housing Authority’s next top executive is gaining steam. After CEO Brenda Coates announced her retirement in April of this year, the PHA created a special committee and partnered with a search firm to find her replacement. The CEO search committee held a meeting Tuesday to interview four candidates […]
There’s something about Naperville that people tend to find appealing. This is no big secret: the streets are safe, the schools are good, the services generally plentiful and efficient. It comes as no surprise that lots of people want to live here. Chicago Tribune.com
The 70-unit, four-story River Station Senior Apartment will begin rising from the just-cleared land immediately west of the Presence St. Mary’s Hospital campus in Kankakee next spring. Daily Journal.com
When members of the community accused Peoria Housing Authority sites of being a hotbed for crime, those charged with managing the properties questioned whether public perception was accurately depicting crime in the community. Journal Star.com
Michael Simelton watched last week as workers loaded into trucks the belongings of the first resident moving out of Des Plaines Garden Homes. “This is a great day,” said Simelton, CEO for the Housing Authority of Joliet. “We’re seeing the vision come to life.” Joliet Herald News.com
Before Jeanette Lewandowski’s mother was offered a spot at Harvard’s Sunset Senior Apartments in October, the family spent two years, as she puts it, “living off the list.” Lewandowski has shared a Woodstock apartment with her mother for about eight years. About two years ago, she began to look for an affordable senior facility […]
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