The Future for Chicago Public Housing

The Future for Chicago Public Housing

In big cities across America, the consensus is

public housing doesn't work. And in Chicago, it's

coming down. Chicago began using federal housing

dollars to blow up or knock down high-rise public

housing in 1993. The plan shifted into high gear when

the city signed a $1.5 billion deal with the US

Department of Housing and Urban Development. Under

the plan for transformation, Chicago will destroy more

public housing than any city in the country.

There are families being pushed out of their homes,

out of the city and the communities that they want to

stay in. (Haney), Suzanne. "Street Wise" This is major

impact on the city, from this comes segregation and

the economy fails. Mayor Richard Daley and his

administration promised people in Chicago affordable

housing and now Daley has gone back on his word.

Where has all that money gone that Mayor Daley has

promised to millions of people who continue to

struggle everyday? If you take a look around in

Chicago there are more condos arising than housing for

those really in need of the help.

Mayor Daley and be Administration decided to take

from people who are making over $75, 000 a year. They

think by taking 30% of their money they will be able

to help restore peoples housing to make it affordable.

Why cant the government pay money to help people find

an affordable house? Because affordability has become

a national problem, causing housing prices to have

gone up faster then people in Chicago can make money

or can afford the cost of living. Hanney, Suzanne.

?Street Wise? November 17 2000

Secretary Martinez has put forth the effort. He

awarded the largest amount of homeless assistants in

the nations history more than $1.1 billion to fund

thousands of local housing and service programs. in

every state in the nation, This is part of the Bush

administration focus on the resources on permanent

housing and services.

95% of the residents are under Chicago Housing

Authority (CHA) are on some kind of public assistance

versus New York which only need 25% of public

assistance. Chicago uses up this 95% of public

assistance towards putting up expensive condos that

range from $75,000-$100,000. They do this to try to

compare up to New York's standards. Chicago?s

Public Housing Projects, source The Economist, July

11, 1998.

Mayor Daley goes on to say working together, all

Chicagoans. We can make every window that looks out

of the Chicago housing Authority (CHA) a window of

opportunity. But that the key word here is

opportunity, Mayor Daley has not giving any body under

cha the opportunity for any thing. Mayor Daley takes

these people homes from them and put up condo.