Press Releases

CHICAGO – Chicago Bulls Forward Luol Deng made the holiday season special for 400 children living in CHA housing on Sunday, December 20th, as he sponsored a Kids Holiday Party at The John G. Shedd Aquarium.

CHICAGO – Mayor Richard M. Daley and 2,000 senior citizens from around the city helped the Chicago Housing Authority celebrate its biggest event of the year: The 25th Annual Senior Holiday Gala at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.

CHICAGO – On Thursday, Dec. 9, the Chicago Housing Authority marked the end of rehabilitation for 700 senior apartments with upgrades for people with disabilities – three years ahead of schedule. With the delivery of these accessible units, CHA inches closer to the completion of all 9,300 units of senior-designated housing committed under the Plan for Transformation.

CHICAGO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recognized the Chicago Housing Authority, along with FitzGerald Associates Architects and Holsten Real Estate Development Corporation, as one of four national winners of the 2009 National Smart Growth Achievement Awards for transforming an aging, isolated public-housing development into the successfully integrated Parkside of Old Town community.

Mayor Richard M. Daley was joined today by Chicago Housing Authority and other public officials and community members at the official re-opening of the Britton Budd Apartments, a 1917 vintage hotel in Lakeview that has been renovated to provide 173 unites of affordable housing for Chicago senior citizens.

CHICAGO – About 3,000 Chicago Housing Authority Housing Choice Voucher families picked up free, new winter coats provided by the national non-profit organization Operation Warm and JP Morgan Chase at a distribution event Saturday at the UIC Forum.

CHA appreciates BPI’s constructive review of the first ten years of the Plan for Transformation. As a longtime partner in shaping many aspects of the planning and implementation, BPI’s involvement and contributions have helped shape and improve the Plan for Transformation. As always, CHA is committed to exploring the issues raised by the report with our many partners, including residents, community members, advocates, service agencies, developers, other city agencies and departments.

CHICAGO – Twenty-five talented Chicago Housing Authority high school age students who increased their average reading level by nearly three grades and their average math level by almost two grades were honored at a graduation ceremony Thursday for “Next Step: College Prep” - a summer educational program sponsored by Siemens Technologies, Illinois Institute of Technology and Windows of Opportunity.

CHICAGO – Teamwork, service and tenacity are the history, and likely to be the defining contributions, of Ms. Deverra Beverly, Ms. Myra King, and Ms. M. Bridget Reidy, the three newest Chicago Housing Authority Commissioners.

CHICAGO – Community leaders and residents joined the Chicago Housing Authority to celebrated the official re-opening of an 18-month, $16 million renovation project at Flannery Senior Apartments.