CAIRO — There are unlikely to be any criminal charges brought against James Wilson, the former longtime director of the Alexander County Housing Authority and mayor of Cairo. In September, then-Acting Deputy Housing and Urban Development Inspector General Jeremy Kirkland told a U.S. House oversight panel that his office had forwarded the investigation to the […]
Following the Housing Authority of the City of Danville’s board of commissioners approving the intergovernmental agreement in March, the Danville City Council’s Public Works Committee will act on the Fair Oaks housing complex demolition agreement next week. The committee will consider approving an agreement for the city to demolish six buildings at Fair Oaks with […]
DANVILLE — State officials have denied low-income housing tax credits for a proposed $15 million development on various vacant lots in Danville. Danville Housing Authority board members formed a separate nonprofit organization to apply for the tax credits through the Illinois Housing Development Authority in an effort to finance 70 units of affordable housing, including […]
A Springfield woman has been indicted after prosecutors allege she obtained public housing benefits she should not have received. Jill Dixon-Taylor was indicted on a charge of State Benefits Fraud, a felony. The indictment alleges she knowingly misrepresented her employment and financial status to obtain housing benefits from the Springfield Housing Authority from December 2008 […]
JOLIET, IL — The Joliet Housing Authority continues to tackle significant projects aimed at improving quality of life for area residents. In 2017, 68 multi-family homes opened at the new Water’s Edge development near McDonough Street, replacing the rundown public housing projects along Des Plaines Street. Next month, bulldozers will level the notoriously dangerous Fairview […]
Mark Jakielski, director of housing management at the Joliet Housing Authority and a 1982 graduate of Joliet Catholic High School, died on Wednesday at age 54. His obituary notice with Carlson Holmquist Sayles Funeral Home on Black Road indicates he died suddenly at St. Joseph Medical Center, Wednesday, May 29. Patch.com
The troubled Aurora Housing Authority has undergone significant changes in the months since it has come under new leadership, according to documents and the new executive director. Chicago Tribune.com
A.J. White has a matter-of-fact way of describing his mental issues. When he first arrived in the small town of Meeker as a teenager, he isolated himself, even ran away from home in the winter. CPR.org
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