Press Releases

CHICAGO – New energy-efficient furnaces and central air-conditioning. Luxurious hardwood flooring and freshly carpeted bedrooms. Units equipped with high-speed wireless internet access. These are just a few of the features and amenities at Fountain View Apartments, the newly rehabilitated mixed-income development located in North Lawndale.

CHICAGO – June is Men’s Health Month, and to spread awareness of health-related issues among senior men, Cook County Board President Todd Stroger and Chicago Housing Authority CEO Lewis A. Jordan will be on hand for “Men’s Health Day,” a mini-health fair sponsored by CHA Senior Supportive Services and Provident Hospital of Cook County.

CHICAGO - Mayor Richard M. Daley, U.S. Senator Richard J. Durbin, CHA CEO Lewis A. Jordan and HUD Regional Director Joseph P. Galvan joined the community and residents to celebrate the grand opening of Parkside of Old Town with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, Monday, April 21, 2008. Parkside of Old Town is a mixed-income community that is the first replacement housing to be built directly on the site of the former Cabrini Extension North high-rise buildings on the city’s Near North Side.

CHICAGO - Mayor Richard M. Daley, U.S. Senator Richard J. Durbin, CHA CEO Lewis A. Jordan and HUD Regional Director Joseph P. Galvan joined the community and residents to celebrate the grand opening of Parkside of Old Town with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, Monday, April 21, 2008. Parkside of Old Town is a mixed-income community that is the first replacement housing to be built directly on the site of the former Cabrini Extension North high-rise buildings on the city’s Near North Side.

CHICAGO – Samuel Mendenhall has many layers to him – former public housing resident, Army veteran, college graduate, lawyer, minister – but his most treasured titles are those of father, husband and mentor.

CHICAGO – Nearly 1,000 CHA families have taken the opportunity to pay off their electricity bills through the All Clear Fund – a unique program created by ComEd and the Chicago Housing Authority. All eligible leaseholders are encouraged to take advantage of the program before it ends on April 15, 2008.

CHICAGO – The Chicago Housing Authority and its partners in education will present a workshop to provide leaseholders an opportunity to apply for scholarships designated for CHA residents, from 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, March 22, 2008, at the Charles Hayes Family Investment Center, 4859 S. Wabash.

CHICAGO – With the Phase 2 Family Building having achieved 100 percent occupancy last month, Hilliard has become the first CHA mixed-income development to reach completion in every phase.

CHICAGO – The average yearly income of graduates of the Chicago Housing Authority-sponsored Family Self Sufficiency program has increased 300 percent - from $7,786 to $23,463 – since its inception in 1996. The program has dispersed $4.6 million to 500 total graduates (an average of $9,313 per graduate) in that time. The FSS program has also produced 70 new homeowners.

CHICAGO – This February, the Chicago Housing Authority will welcome the Grand Boulevard Federation as the newest tenant at the Charles A. Hayes Family Investment Center (FIC).