Rock Island HA Puts Residents on Path to Ownership
A $1.27 million housing project built on Rock Island’s west side has one goal — building new homeowners. QCTimes.Com
July, 2015 Archive
Feds Gave Low-Income Housing to Millionaires
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) gave low-income housing to millionaires, according to a recent audit. Freebeacon.com
Rock Island Looks Forward to Section 8 Housing
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (KWQC) – Rock Island For the first time in six years, Rock Island is taking applications for Section 8 housing. The Rock Island Housing Authority office has been busy all day, Monday with people applying. KWQC.com
Gala is a Sucess for Lake County HA
GRAYSLAKE – The Lake County Housing Authority (LCHA) and AIM North Development Corporation, Inc. hosted their second annual Black Tie Gala on June 26 at Doubletree by Hilton in Mundelein, which raised scholarship funds for local families, according to a news release. Lake County Journal
Hundreds Seek Section 8 in Kankakee
Police were called in from three separate departments early Wednesday morning as a crowd of about 500 people descended upon the Kankakee County Housing Authority hoping to get on a waiting list for Section 8 housing vouchers. Daily Journal.com
Investigation into High Income Public Housing Residents
MOLINE, Ill. (KWQC) – A new audit sheds more light on a TV-6 Investigates from May of 2014 looking at public housing. We found dozens of families living in government homes earned sometimes tens of thousands of dollars more than the income limit to qualify in. Kwqc.com
Partner James Murphy Successfully Defends Property Dedicated to the Village of Manhattan
Partner James Murphy successfully defends property dedicated to the Village of Manhattan against Republic Bank of Chicago in the Third District Appellate Court. If a private party dedicates property to a public entity, acceptance of this offer acts as a donation to the public. Our law partner, Jim, James Murphy represented the Village of Manhattan […]
Website Aims to Break Stereotypes of Public Housing Residents
As tensions continue to rise over RHA’s proposed housing development on Rockford’s east side, the CEO of the Freeport Housing Authority is trying to break stereotypes. WIFR.com
Lake County HA to Appeal Midlothian Manor Decision
The Lake County Housing Authority board is getting ready to file an appeal for administrative review of a decision that prevented it from moving 14 homeless individuals into the vacant assisted living facility near Lake Zurich. Chicago Tribune Online
Lake County HA Appealing Homeless Plan Decision
Lake County Housing Authority is seeking to overturn a decision blocking the agency from having chronically homeless people with mental illness living in a building it owns near Lake Zurich. Daily Herald