A lawsuit was filed against the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) on behalf of public housing tenants pressing CHA to keep the Cabrini-Green rowhouse units intact. It also calls on CHA to follow up on its promise to rehab some of the units.
A federal trial started yesterday pitting the city of Joliet against
the Obama administration and 700 tenants of a public housing project
that city officials want to tear down.
Cook County Commissioner Jesus Garcia (D-Chicago) introduced at a
county board meeting today an amendment to the county’s human rights
ordinance that would give legal recourse to people with federal housing
vouchers that landlords discriminate against.
The amendment to the 1993 county law
(PDF) has seven co-sponsors, meaning at least eight of the 17
commissioners, or one short of a majority, already support the measure,
including board president Toni Preckwinkle (D-Chicago). Garcia
anticipates the ordinance will pass through committee in two weeks, and then
swiftly see a vote by the full board. Read more »
The Chicago Housing Authority will do away with its strict "third-third-third" rule where CHA projects feature one-third market rate condos, one-third affordable rentals, and one-third public housing.
Chicago Housing Initiative members rallied outside the Chicago Housing Authority yesterday with a clear point of contention: About 3,400 CHA public housing units are currently unoccupied, even though there's a 60,000 family waiting list for public housing.
Cook County Commissioner Jesus Garcia (D-Chicago) introduced at a
county board meeting today an amendment to the county’s human rights
ordinance that would give legal recourse to people with federal housing
vouchers that landlords discriminate against.