Kendall Receives Grant to Help Residents with Disabilities
Kendall County housing officials announced a grant that could help provide affordable housing for non-elderly disabled people living in the county. KendallCountyNow.com
November, 2019 Archive
Grant to HAJ Helps People with Disabilities
On Friday, officials from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development presented a check for $402,600 to the Joliet Housing Authority to help shelter 50 residents with disabilities. TheHerald-News.com
Illinois Labor Relations Board Dismisses Complaint
CAIRO — The Illinois Labor Relations Board voted last week to dismiss the unfair labor practice complaint filed against the Alexander County Housing Authority on behalf of local housing authority workers in Cairo. TheSouthernIllinoisan.com
Resident Relocation for Demolition
FREEPORT (WREX) — After record flooding last spring, the east side of the city of Freeport is now considered a federal disaster area and the Freeport Housing Authority (FHA) has plans for the buildings it owns on the floodway. WREX.com
Land Bank Hires FT Executive
DANVILLE – The Central Illinois Land Bank Authority board of directors approved hiring a full-time executive director. The board at its Thursday meeting approved Michael Davis as director. Davis was chosen from about 10 candidates who were narrowed down for interviews. Commercial-News.com
Winter Weather Freezes Evictions
The Housing Authority of Champaign County is temporarily freezing eviction actions for the cold-weather months, effective immediately. The moratorium will be effective through March 1, 2020, on enforcements of all non-violent and non-criminal-activity-related evictions from properties owned or managed by the housing authority. News-Gazette.com
Budget Cut After FBI Raid
SOUTH BEND —The South Bend Housing Authority is cutting its $4.5 million budget by almost $400,000 by bringing some contract work in-house and reducing other expenses in an effort to avoid a deficit. The move comes amid new leadership at the agency and in the wake of an FBI raid earlier this year. SouthbendTribune.com
Illinois Housing Prohibits Pot
MOLINE, Illinois – The legalization of marijuana in Illinois in 2020 is putting federally funded public housing authorities in a bind. Currently, it’s against federal and state law to smoke cannabis. But even though marijuana will be legal in the state Jan. 1, people living in local public housing may not be able to light […]
Students Get Help from Champaign Housing Authority
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — The Housing Authority of Champaign County approved a program at their meeting Thursday night to help out students. Students in public housing who get accepted to the University of Illinois will be eligible for “student vouchers.” The one requirement is that they must qualify for Illinois Connection, which covers tuition. If […]
RRHA Freezes Evictions
Under pressure from tenant advocates, the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority announced Friday that it will not evict any tenants for the rest of the year. Richmond.com