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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Chicago office will now oversee 65 public housing authorities Wisconsin because of staffing shortages in the agency’s Milwaukee office.
I’m grateful for the partnership with the Mayor and his team, as well as my City Council colleagues, that resulted in this ...
Lawyers hired by the Chicago Housing Authority recently cited Illinois Supreme Court case Mack v. Anderson in an effort to persuade a judge to reconsider a jury’s $24 million verdict against the ...
Housing advocates argue that increased oversight is necessary, especially for agencies like the CHA, which redirected approximately $74 million in federal voucher dollars away from housing ...
At Wednesday’s meeting, council members shared heartfelt tributes to the Council’s current longest-serving member.
We agree that incorporating granny flats — coachhouses or converted basements, for example — could play a small but ...
A complaint had accused the city of violating federal civil rights laws by allowing aldermen to kill affordable rental projects without oversight.
Supporters of the legislation planned to further amend the ordinance to provide more restrictions to building coach houses in single-family neighborhoods.
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s plan to borrow $1.25 billion to bankroll economic development and affordable housing projects is back on track for City Council approval, but not without a bit of a fight ...
"Chicago residents will now benefit from a new system that facilitates greater oversight of the shared housing industry and will improve quality of life throughout Chicago." The more than 6,900 ...