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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2004
Report: Residents Steered to Poor Areas A new report finds that the Chicago Housing Authority is not making promised improvements
to its "Plan for Transformation," the ongoing, massive effort to redevelop virtually all of the city's
public housing stock.
Clock Ticking for HOPE VI Projects Public housing agencies nationwide risk losing their federal funding for redevelopment projects if their
projects are not on schedule, according to the U.S. Housing and Urban Development Department recently.
Residents Turn up the Heat on CHA Residents of the Cabrini-Green development are turning up the heat on the
CHA-picked private management company that replaced resident managers and is now leaving them
out in the cold-literally.
Is It "Doomsday" For Public Housing? CHA's new mixed-income communities could wind up with few -or even no- public housing units, under a
"doomsday clause" in federal housing law being inserted into redevelopment plans across the city,
according to lawyers for residents.
Getting to Know Rockwell I recently investigated Rockwell Gardens, a 17-acre public housing development on Chicago's West Side.
In my quest to get to know Rockwell, I learned a lot about this family development.
The True Face of Poverty From nearly every front, many Amricans report that the economy was good during the nineties.
Statistics indicate that unemployment was down, salaries went up and athe stock market was booming.
Altgeld Gardens Lawsuit Settlement Altgeld Gardens residents won a $10.5 million dollar Class Action lawsuit settlement
regarding environmental contamination with Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) this past summer.
The Price of a Political Job I did not have a particular interest in politics until a job search in Chicago gave
me a firsthand view of the way "the game" was played here. My experience may interest the readers of
Residents' Journal
Positive People You can sense warmth and happiness from former Cabrini-Green resident Deidre
Brewster, a wife and mother of three, when you first meet her.
Harold Ickes News Although the Chicago Housing Authority is actively pursuing the great change of housing
stock from hign rise to low rise to the tune of $1.6 billion, the change has been slow in coming to the Harold Ickes Homes.
Stop The Violence Recently, I have reported on the stories of women who have been convicted
of crimes. Women who are victims of violent crime also have stories that should be told.
Crystal Clear Views Happy New Year Everyone!
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