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Transforming CHA: Making Connections

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The Chicago Housing Authority recently put out a large contract to the City Department of Human Services to run the Service Connector program, which is supposed to start this summer.

But the Service Connector program started last November. Residents who applied to the Service Connector program were supposed to be trained by AmeriCorps. The program aimed to hire two residents from each development. Two residents from Lathrop Homes, for example, went into the AmeriCorps training program. After completing training, an office is supposed to be set up on the development this summer. The two residents hired were supposed to work with other residents to make the relocation transition easier and to help with social issues, jobs, educational programs, family statistics and anything else that might benefit residents. Read more »
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Transforming CHA: Leaders Demand Changes to CHA Plan

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Elected public housing resident leaders and lawyers representing residents demanded changes to the Chicago Housing Authority Plan for Transformation in recent letters, press releases and phone calls to Mayor Richard M. Daley and CHA officials.

Letters to the mayor and CHA Chairperson Sharon Gist-Gilliam state residents’ complaints that CHA is neglecting to maintain occupied units, violating the relocation rights contract and closing down buildings too quickly. The late March and early April letters also state that CHA is asking residents to make choices on where they want to relocate without including information on whether they can stay on-site. Read more »

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