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FEBRUARY/MARCH 2006
Publisher's Box We're back. Our regular readers will notice that Residents' Journal has not been published in a few months.
Victory at Bridgeport Homes For years, the resident leaders of the South Side CHA Bridgeport Homes public housing complex said that Legum and Norman, the private property management firm for the public housing
site, were poor managers.
Update: Questions Linger, Contributions Dwindle Well over one-half of the contributions to a political fund closely linked to Chicago Housing Authority CEO Terry Peterson came from CHA contractors, affiliated companies or their employees and officers...
Deadly Moves II In "Deadly Moves," a series of articles produced by Residents' Journal and the Chicago Reporter
magazine in the fall of 2004, a year long investigation found that the murder rate increased in
public housing developments and areas where CHA residents had been relocated across the city
under the Chicago Housing Authority's $1.6 billion Plan for Transformation.
Deadly Moves II: Troubling Development Dearborn Homes are becoming like "New Jack City,” said Joyce
Van Allen, a long time resident of the development...
Primary Election Coverage: Cook County Presidential Race As the two Democratic frontrunners for the Cook County Board President were prepping for primary
race elections in March, Residents’ Journal spoke to incumbent Cook County Board President
John Stroger and to his contender, Cook County Commissioner Forrest Claypool, about their plans for
the poor.
Primary Election Coverage: Rush vs. Jackson On March 21, the voters of the First Congressional District in Illinois will have a choice between
their longtime incumbent Congressman, Bobby Rush, and former Chicago Housing Authority CEO and
director of the Black Star Project Phillip Jackson.
Primary Election Coverage: Jones vs. Tatum Running for State Representative for the 26th District is incumbent Lovanna Jones, in office since
1987, and Ranoule Tatum, a long time entrepreneur and community service worker.
Health Watch: Bird Flu Pandemic Expected Congressional leaders are currently rushing to prepare for the “looming danger” of a
bird flu pandemic, according to U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), and others who spoke at the federal
Health and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee hearings on Influenza Preparedness, on
January 31, 2006, in Washington , D.C.
State Passes Support for Renters In Chicago, even everyday citizens have definite ideas about affordable housing or the lack of it.
Throughout Illinois, activists and legislators alike are pleased with the results of the State
House vote on May 4 for S.B.75, better known as the Rental Housing Support Program.
CHA Contracting Woes Residents of public housing are constantly being told by the Chicago Housing Authority and its
private housing contractors to properly manage their personal affairs in order to be lease
compliant under their $1.6 billion Plan for Transformation.
Pilsen Guards Against Gentrifyers On April 26, 2005 the Pilsen Alliance and the residents of the Pilsen community held a press
conference in front of the now defunct Lerner Box Company, an industrial building on 16th Street
and Carpenter.
CHA Development News Harold Ickes is an eternally active mosaic of changing conditions. For the past
nine months, we longtime residents have shared stairwells, hallways, by-ways and parking (already
scarce) with strangers who look at you with surprise as they continue to claim their place in what
you thought was your space.
Stop the Violence I discovered an organization that is providing employment services for people who need it badly.
The Michael Barlow Center on Chicago’s West Side is helping ex-offenders find jobs and places
to live.
Black History Through Performance For Black History Month historical figure Frederick Douglass was portrayed by Kevin McIlvaine,
former Harlan High School student, actor, singer, and educator, during a special event February
11-13 at the Field Museum.
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