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The CHA board also gave the go-ahead to a new, federally funded $1.9 million program to help young public housing residents land summer jobs.
5 months ago | Adrian G. Uribarri
The National Public Housing Museum is years from becoming a reality. Supporters hope the power of place will enrich the story of a historic Chicago community.
5 months ago | Adrian G. Uribarri
Many residents say a meeting with CHA officials about the future of the development left them confused. Some say the CHA isn't telling the truth about its plans.
5 months ago | Kartikay Mehrotra
CHA officials say maintenance problems, safety concerns and high operating costs led to the decision to relocate some LeClaire Courts residents. Residents say their homes could be renovated.
5 months ago | Kartikay Mehrotra
Deverra Beverly is known as one of the CHA's most powerful resident leaders, largely because she's been able to find ways to compromise and collaborate during sometimes heated disputes.
6 months ago | Megan Cottrell
The Earn and Learn program offers young public housing residents a chance to explore career options, improve academic skills and make money, all at the same time.
6 months ago | Megan Cottrell
The grant is from federal stimulus funds and aims to find out if residents who live in environmentally friendly housing have fewer health-related problems.
6 months ago | Peter Sachs
A group that advises the city on public housing policy has elected new resident leaders. Some say the new group will take a tougher line when advocating for residents.
6 months ago | Megan Cottrell
The former president of the resident council at the CHA's Lathrop Homes development says she was unseated in an election that prevented many disabled and Spanish-speaking residents from voting. Her challenge was denied.
6 months ago | Megan Cottrell
The Chicago Housing Authority says it will hold off any action on closing LeClaire Courts in response to Daily News inquiries about possible Open Meetings Act violations.
6 months ago | Megan Cottrell
The Chicago Housing Authority's board voted in private to close the LeClaire Courts housing project. It's an apparent violation of the state's open meetings law, and residents are outraged.
6 months ago | Megan Cottrell
Residents say the CHA promised them they would be able to continue living at the development. They will now have to find new homes. Some are pledging to fight.
6 months ago | Megan Cottrell
The Chicago Housing Authority will begin leasing units in their modernized senior buildlings throughout the city in next month. The agency is offering a free month's rent to new tenants.
6 months ago | Megan Cottrell
Community leaders just started meeting to determine the future of Lathrop Homes. But residents say they have concerns about their voices being heard.
6 months ago | Megan Cottrell
The manager of North East Scattered Sites, a large development of dispersed public housing apartments on the North Side, has been replaced amid complaints about poor living conditions.
7 months ago | Megan Cottrell
