Resident leaders and even a member of the Chicago Housing Authority board called for CEO Tracey Scott to go, but some alderpeople praised “progress” at the agency.
Mick Dumke
Mick Dumke is an investigative editor for Block Club Chicago.
Mientras la ciudad batalla con una escasez de viviendas, la CHA deja que se deterioren cientos de casas vacías
Se supone que la Autoridad de Vivienda de Chicago está para ayudar a que las personas necesitadas puedan conseguir viviendas asequibles. Pero la agencia tiene casi 500 viviendas que están vacías – y muchas de ellas causan problemas a los vecinos.
As City Battles Housing Shortage, CHA Lets Hundreds Of Empty Homes Decay
The Chicago Housing Authority is supposed to provide affordable homes for those in need. But the agency has nearly 500 scattered-site units that are vacant — many causing problems for their neighbors.
Chicago Housing Authority Places Families In Crime-Plagued Neighborhoods
The high-rise projects were torn down years ago to place families in safer settings. Yet public housing residents today face violent crime throughout the city.
Daley’s CHA Plan Jolted Region
Every Chicago neighborhood and almost every suburb felt the impact of public housing transformation.
CHA’s Transformation Reshaped A City
In some neighborhoods, new clusters of subsidized housing. In others, poverty is ‘a lot more invisible now.’
Public Housing Families Flee to Suburbs
The number of subsidized households in Chicago’s suburbs jumped almost 30 percent since 2000.
CHA’s Section 8 Contractors May Get Booted
In wake of Sun-Times/BGA stories on public housing tenants living in apartments with code violations, CHA may stop outsourcing Section 8 management.
The CHA’s Waiting Game
Thousands spent years waiting in line for CHA housing aid, while others spent only a few days or weeks.
Cashing In On The CHA
Sun-Times/BGA report finds that, since the CHA started razing high-rises, providing housing for the poor has become a growth industry for private landlords.