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Why seniors’ care should have been on the election agenda

I was hopeful that when the COVID-19 pandemic drew attention to the plight of senior citizens, the attention might result in meaningful change. Instead, seniors seem to be getting blamed for high costs and high living.

The Conversation

Tour the new Four Seasons Osaka, where time stands still

Set within a 49-storey tower, Four Seasons Osaka takes the traditional ryokan experience to new heights

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As California Officials Seek More Control Over Private Equity Takeovers of Hospitals and Clinics, the Industry Fights Back

Amendments weaken a bill to give the state attorney general more power to stop takeovers that raise costs and cut care.

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Chinese Hospital Association Removes Missing Vice President

Fang Laiying, a retired senior health official from Beijing, was booted by the CHA after nearly 10 months out of the public eye

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Activists, public housing residents push to oust CHA leadership

Activists say more than 200,000 people are on the waiting list for public housing and they want Mayor Brandon Johnson to replace the CHA board and its CEO.

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Affordable housing development set for North Lawndale groundbreaking

Grace Manor, with 65 apartments, is expected to be completed in 2025.

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CHA’s $50 million plan to renovate scattered site housing is a step in the right direction

The CHA could start to fix its poor track record on providing enough affordable housing for Chicagoans in need. The CHA’s board should approve the funding.

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CHA mounts $50 million program to fix up scattered sites

The agency promises to be “laser focused” over the next 18 months on its vacant single-family homes and smaller apartment buildings.

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NBC-5’s Evrod Cassimy using his musical voice to help CHA families celebrate Christmas

Reporter is releasing a song later this week with all proceeds going to Chicago Housing Authority families for the holidays.

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Afternoon Edition: Could this CHA program help create first-time homebuyers?

Plus: Matthew Perry’s Chicago memory, plans for a second migrant tent camp advances and more.

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$20,000 grant from CHA puts homeownership within residents’ reach

A single mother who earlier this month closed on an East Garfield Park single-family home became the CHA’s new down payment program’s first recipient.

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Housing development by Bloomingdale Trail aims to counter rising costs in Logan Square

The two buildings will bring 89 affordable housing units to an area that’s seen the greatest loss in affordable units. Construction is expected to finish by fall 2024.

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Pioneering environmental justice organization threatened with eviction from South Side headquarters

The group founded in Altgeld Gardens in 1979 was part of a federal civil rights complaint prompting a city settlement with the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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CHA gives green light to mixed-use projects at LeClaire Courts, two other sites

The projects would create 357 rental units, many set aside for families on the agency’s waiting list.

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More than 500 new residences are planned for the Cabrini area

New housing in this area is welcome, but it continues to be a civic embarrassment and an injustice to former CHA residents that it’s taken so long for it to happen.

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Johnson urged to fire CTA and CHA chiefs

Ald. Jeanette Taylor argued that CHA CEO Tracey Scott deserves to be ousted because the agency has failed to deliver on its fundamental mission — and the same goes for CTA President Dorval Carter Jr.

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Lawsuit keeps questions about Chicago Fire soccer training facility in play

Details about the Chicago Housing Authority’s lease agreement with the Chicago Fire were kept under wraps until it was finalized, but a new lawsuit will hopefully lead to more transparency.

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Suit seeks to scuttle CHA land lease to Chicago Fire, construction of $80 million training facility

The suit, filed Thursday in federal court, claims the land is meant for public housing and protocols weren’t followed before the deal was inked.

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Mayor-elect picks another City Hall veteran to serve as chief operating officer

Roberson most recently has held a series of top jobs in the administration of County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and held several position under former Mayor Richard M. Daley.

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Lightfoot touts benefits of CHA land deal with Chicago Fire at groundbreaking for team’s West Side training facility

Money the soccer team pays in rent to the housing authority will go toward its projects. “I’d like to make one point crystal clear: CHA will fulfill our commitment to developing new housing in this area,” said CHA CEO Tracey Scott.

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Richard Friedman, who took on Mayor Richard J. Daley, and showed a top Soviet official the ‘real America,’ dead at 93

In 1971, lawyer Richard Friedman decided to take on the ‘corrupt Daley machine.’ He lost. One friend called Mr. Friedman ‘the ‘real’ most interesting man in the world.’

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Unions raise wage theft worries, but aged-care providers promise to pass on pay rise

Catholic aged care providers are committing to pay rises for staff, but unions are concerned that some will try to short-change workers.

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Construction starts on affordable housing on former CHA sites in North Lawndale

The $200M development was approved in 2018, and commercial and health care space was completed last year on one site. Now, work is underway on housing planned for the other site nearby.

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CHA is open for business: Boss defends Chicago Fire lease, says agency is open to more ‘public-private’ deals

CHA Chief Executive Tracey Scott said partnerships with entities like the Fire are vital to providing the mixed-income housing needed to help public-housing residents thrive.

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Lease signed: Chicago Fire to build $80M training center on Chicago Housing Authority land

Chicago’s next mayor will have to live with the controversial zoning change Mayor Lori Lightfoot muscled through the City Council allowing the Chicago Fire soccer club to build an $80 million training center on CHA land formerly occupied by the CHA’s ABLA Homes.

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