SCHOOL FINANCE CHIEF TO RUN CHA
The Chicago Housing Authority board hired Jerome Van Gorkom Thursday as the agency`s new top operating officer, confirming a decision already made by Mayor Harold Washington. Van Gorkom, chairman of...
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SCATTERED-SITE RECEIVER ASKS $15 MILLION
Developer Daniel Levin, the new court-appointed receiver for the Chicago Housing Authority`s bankrupt scattered-site construction program, has told court officials that it could cost nearly $15 million to manage the...
ANGRY CHA LAYS BLAME FOR PROBLEMS ON HUD
In an attempt to block an imminent federal takeover, the Chicago Housing Authority released a report Wednesday that attacked the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as unresponsive,...
MAYOR COMES TO DEFENSE OF CHA DIRECTOR
Mayor Harold Washington lashed out at critics of Brenda Gaines, interim executive director of the Chicago Housing Authority, calling for those attacking her leadership of the agency to ''cease and...
CRISIS PUT HUD OFFICIAL AT CENTER STAGE
Decisive actions by a previously obscure bureaucrat have been central to the management controversy that has surrounded the Chicago Housing Authority for the last five months. Those actions began last...
EX-DIRECTOR ZIRL SMITH WANTS TO TELL HIS SIDE
Zirl Smith, the former executive director of the Chicago Housing Authority, said Wednesday that he has been trying to respond to numerous charges against him in a soon-to-be-released federal report...
U.S. ACTS TO GET CONTROL OF CHA
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) proposed Thursday to take direct control of day-to-day operations of the Chicago Housing Authority through the appointment of a private management...
MAYOR NAMES 3 TO CHA BOARD
Mayor Harold Washington appointed three new members to the Chicago Housing Authority board Wednesday and, in doing so, assumed a large share of responsibility for the future of the financially...
MAYOR DEFLECTS BLAME FOR CRISIS AT CHA
Mayor Harold Washington vigorously denied responsibility for pervasive mismanagement at the Chicago Housing Authority or for its financial crisis, in a press conference Wednesday after city council approval of a...
CHA BAILOUT CLEARS 1ST HURDLES
Two major City Council committees agreed Thursday to bail out the financially distressed Chicago Housing Authority with a $25 million loan and a $5.6 million grant. The action, approved by...