Illinois will soon have more affordable housing units available to its residents with special needs thanks to a new grant it is receiving by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
The Chicago City Council will hold hearings on what are rumored to be
80 to 120 neighborhood school closings, according to Ald. Latasha Thomas (17th),
head of the council's education committee.
Thomas, who as education
chairperson must convene such a panel, has previously been silent on a
resolution signed by 32 aldermen calling for a school closing hearing. She told
Progress Illinois that she would “absolutely” hold such a hearing. Read more »
A federal trial started yesterday pitting the city of Joliet against
the Obama administration and 700 tenants of a public housing project
that city officials want to tear down.
Cook County Commissioner Jesus Garcia (D-Chicago) introduced at a
county board meeting today an amendment to the county’s human rights
ordinance that would give legal recourse to people with federal housing
vouchers that landlords discriminate against.
The amendment to the 1993 county law
(PDF) has seven co-sponsors, meaning at least eight of the 17
commissioners, or one short of a majority, already support the measure,
including board president Toni Preckwinkle (D-Chicago). Garcia
anticipates the ordinance will pass through committee in two weeks, and then
swiftly see a vote by the full board. Read more »
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Housing Authority
announced Saturday a “Plan For Transformation 2.0,” in which they will
“recalibrate” the Plan for Transformation, a huge undertaking launched
in 2000 to relocate public housing residents to mixed-income housing
units.
The Chicago City Council will hold hearings on what are rumored to be
80 to 120 neighborhood school closings, according to Ald. Latasha Thomas (17th),
head of the council's education committee.
Cook County Commissioner Jesus Garcia (D-Chicago) introduced at a
county board meeting today an amendment to the county’s human rights
ordinance that would give legal recourse to people with federal housing
vouchers that landlords discriminate against.
