Bustos announces federal funding from HUD January 20, 2020 12:04 pm|Congresswoman Cheri Bustos on Friday announced nearly $4 million in federal grants from the Department of Housing and…
Justice Department sues ex-housing head for missing funds November 9, 2019 1:01 pm|CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) – The Justice Department has sued the former director of a southern Illinois public housing…
HUD giving UIC, IIC $2.7 million to study health hazards October 21, 2019 11:20 am|CHICAGO (AP) – The University of Illinois at Chicago is getting $1.7 million and the Illinois Institute of…
Cook County group gets $6M grant to fight youth homelessness August 30, 2019 11:16 am|HILLSIDE, Ill. (AP) – A Chicago-area advocacy group will use a $6 million federal grant to fight homelessness…
Report: Former housing official hasn’t paid June 24, 2019 12:14 pm|CAIRO, Ill. (AP) – A published report says the former director of a southern Illinois housing authority ordered…
Charges unlikely over misspending at Illinois housing agency May 12, 2019 11:17 am|CAIRO, Ill. (AP) – The former director of a southern Illinois housing authority is unlikely to face federal…
Contract to raze decrepit Cairo housing projects OK’d March 20, 2019 12:20 pm|CAIRO, Ill. (AP) – Demolition of two complexes run by the troubled Alexander County Housing Authority in southern…
Illinois public housing agencies receive $2.7M in HUD grants February 18, 2019 4:10 pm|CHICAGO (AP) – Public housing authorities across Illinois are receiving a combined $2.7 million in federal grants to…
Illinois cities receive $13.7M to reduce lead in homes December 17, 2018 12:39 pm|GALESBURG, Ill. (AP) – Communities across Illinois are receiving a combined $13.7 million to reduce hazards from lead-based…
Ex-southern Illinois housing exec agrees to $500K penalty November 30, 2018 12:35 pm|CAIRO, Ill. (AP) – Court documents say the former director of a southern Illinois housing authority must pay…
No charges in agent’s fatal shooting of man in Lake County November 6, 2018 1:10 pm|ZION, Ill. (AP) – No charges will be filed in the fatal shooting of a man who pulled…
Federal funding expands housing counseling in Illinois October 16, 2018 5:19 pm|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Five Illinois cities will receive federal funding to help people find quality housing or…
HUD gives families in Cairo public housing deadline to move April 30, 2018 11:20 pm|CAIRO, Ill. (AP) – Federal housing officials have informed about 40 families that they have until June 30…
Police: Young person with gun fatally shot by housing agent March 30, 2018 11:42 am|ZION, Ill. (AP) – Police say an agent with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has…
Springfield Housing Authority getting $237,000 federal grant January 17, 2018 12:35 pm|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Springfield Housing Authority will receive nearly $237,000 from the federal government for its…
4 central Illinois housing agencies get $418K from US January 15, 2018 12:40 pm|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Four central Illinois communities will share more than $400,000 in federal housing money to…
3 housing authorities in Illinois to share $700,000 November 29, 2017 1:10 pm|WHEATON, Ill. (AP) — Three housing authority groups in Illinois are getting more than $700,000 to expand affordable…
Ex-housing execs in Illinois face federal fraud complaint November 29, 2017 12:57 pm|CAIRO, Ill. (AP) — Two former officials with a southern Illinois housing authority face a 125-penalty federal civil…
Decatur spending $400,000 in federal money on sidewalks September 9, 2017 12:13 pm|DECATUR, Ill. (AP) — The Decatur City Council has approved $400,000 to pay for replacing old sidewalks in inner-city…
Carson says despite public housing crisis Cairo can be saved August 9, 2017 1:55 am|CAIRO, Ill. (AP) — Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson says through creative approaches, rare procedures, “and by…