Click on the following CHA news release to follow the latest developments in the transformation of Chicago’s public housing in 2003.

2003 News Releases

• December
• November
• October
• September
• August
• July
• June
• May
• April
• March
• February
• January

 

December

• December 30, 2003 - Additional Funds For Utility Payment Assistance Now Available Through LIHEAP
• December 22, 2003 - CHA Families Move To New Units Where Old High-Rises Stood
• December 21, 2003 - Chicago Bears Give 100 CHA Kids A Massive
  Holiday Shopping Spree This Sunday
• December 20, 2003 - 2,000 CHA Seniors Celebrate The Holidays At The Hyatt Regency
• December 17, 2003 - 25 CHA Children Treated To A Holiday Party At The Chicago Firehouse Restaurant
• December 17, 2003 - CHA Commissioner Announces Donation Of Over 21,000 Clothing Items For CHA Residents
• December 16, 2003 - 500 CHA Children Party In Style
• December 16, 2003 - CHA Board Approves Key Education and Social Service Measures
• December 12, 2003 - CHA Brings Together Local Housing Authorities To Discuss New Tax Savings Program For Housing Choice Voucher Landlords
• December 11, 2003 - Southwest Airlines Donates Free Airline Tickets To CHA Seniors
• December 04, 2003 - Woodlawn Community Development Corp., City's Department of Housing & CHA Announce Groundbreaking For South Park Plaza
• December 03, 2003 -Windows of Opportunity Annual Holiday Fundraiser

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November

• November 24, 2003 - CHA Commissioner Key Part Of Effort To Provide Food For Families Who Need It Most
• November 24, 2003 - Chicago Housing Authority Prepares 3,000 Food Baskets For Thanksgiving Meals
• November 19, 2003 - CHA & Holsten Announce Grand Opening Of Newly-Rehabbed Senior Building At CHA’s Hilliard Homes
• November 18, 2003 - CHA Board Approves 2004 Budget
• November 14, 2003 - Keeping The Promise: Former Cabrini Resident Moves Into New, Mixed-Income Housing
• November 10, 2003 - CHA Supports Retention Of Federal Hope VI Program
• November 03 , 2003 - Children From CHA's Horner Homes Perform African Dance Celebration
  
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October

• October 30, 2003 - CHA Seniors Display Work At Art Show
• October 21, 2003 - CHA Board Funds Expansion of Social Services
• October 14, 2003 - The Chicago Community Trust Awards $75,000 Grant To Assist CHA Grand Families
• October 7 , 2003 - Hayes Family Investment Center CEO Receives Outstanding Community Technology Leader Award
• October 4, 2003 - CHA & KaBoom! Team Up To Build New Playground
• October 2 , 2003 - CHA Teens Build A Better Future Through YOUTHBUILD

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September

• September 30, 2003 - Bridgeport Homes Begins Rehabilitation Work
• September 17, 2003 - ABLA Public Housing Residents Begin "Docu-Memory" To Preserve West Side History
• September 16, 2003 - CHA Board Offers Residents New C.H.A.N.C.E. To Pay Outstanding Utility Bills
• September 12, 2003 - CHA Closes Deal For Phase 1-A Of Rockwell Gardens Redevelopment
• September 12, 2003 - CHA Encourages Affordable Housing Partnerships
• September 4, 2003 - Section 8 Wait List Update Deadline
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August

• August 19, 2003 - CHA Board Expands List of Pre-qualified Private Management Firms
• August 18, 2003 - Deadline Extended For Section 8 Wait List Update
• August 15, 2003 - CHA & KABOOM! Team Up to Build Playground For Children at Lowden Homes
• August 07, 2003 - Windows of Opportunity & the Chicago Housing Authority Offer Over $100,000 in Scholarships
• August 05, 2003 - Work Continues On Time and On Budget at CHA’S Lake Park Crescent
• August 01, 2003 - CHA Holds 1st Annual Alumni Power Breakfast
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July

• July 30, 2003 - Robert Taylor Resident Travels To Prague
• July 16, 2003 - Board Approves Pool of Pre-Qualified Developers To Increase Units Available To CHA Families
• July 07, 2003 - CHA Kicks Off Summer Food Service Program
• July 01, 2003 - CHA Residents Hold Peace Vigil In Their West Side Community
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June

• June 25, 2003 - Work Continues On Time And On Budget At CHA's Westhaven Park
• June 20, 2003 - CHA Receives Highest Honor For Excellence In Budgeting
• June 17, 2003 - CHA Board Paves Way For Rehabilitation Work At Bridgeport Homes And Two Senior Properties
• June 05, 2003 - CHA Residents Graduate From Money Management Program
• June 02, 2003 - CHA & KaBoom! Team Up To Build Playground For Children At Harrison Park
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May

• May 23, 2003 - Exceptional CHA Employees Honored During Leadership Awards Ceremony
• May 22, 2003 - Chicago Housing Authority Wins Award For Local Cable Television Program
• May 20, 2003 - CHA Board Approves ABLA Agreement and Rockwell Plan; New Job-Training Program To Serve 200 CHA Teens
• May 15, 2003 - American Society For Public Administration Honors CHA CEO Terry Peterson As Roosevelt University Alum of the Year
• May 13, 2003 - Hayes Family Investment Center Received Outstanding Community Partner From Adler Planetarium
• May 05, 2003 - Windows of Opportunity Sponsors Youth Roundtable
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April

• April 26, 2003 - Keeping The Promise: CHA To Break Ground On New Mixed-Income Development In Historic North Kenwood-Oakland Community
• April 24. 2003 - Standard & Poor's Continues CHA's "AA" Bond Rating
• April 15, 2003 - Chicago Housing Authority Board Approves Utilization of Funds to Help Non-Leaseholders
• April 14, 2003 - CHA & City Treasurer's Officer Help Residents Become "Money $mart"
• April 10, 2003 - CHA Awarded $310,000 Planning Grant
• April 01, 2003 - CHAC, Inc. Celebrates One-Year Anniversary of Home Ownership Program
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March

• March 18, 2003 - CHA Board Approves Submissions Of Mixed-Financed Proposal For First Phase Of Stateway Gardens Redevelopment Plan
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February

• February 21, 2003 - Terry Peterson and CHA Resident Honored During African-American History Month Celebration At The Thompson Center
• February 13, 2003 - Hayes Center Hosts Youth Day During Black Family Technology Awareness Week
• February 12, 2003 - Families Graduate From Self-Sufficiency Program
• February 06, 2003 - CHA Completes North Town Village Move-Ins
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January

• January 21, 2003 - CHA Board Approves Purchase Of New Public Housing Units In Mixed-Income Development
• January 17, 2003 - CHA Seniors Celebrate Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King In Newly Rehabbed Building
• January 09, 2003 - Chicago Housing Authority To Break Ground On New Mixed-Income Family Development At Henry Horner Site
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