Despite the padded figures it gave to federal regulators, the Chicago Housing Authority is not finished fulfilling its obligations to build homes and redevelop communities where its high-rises once stood.
All you need to see to understand how public housing is a doomed to fail disaster — the first season of ‘Good Times.’
Old Spartan
3 years ago
A lot of this puff was done when — guess who– Valerie Jarrett was head of CHA. It is another story the mainstream media won’t touch. She was an absolute disaster for low income housing in Chicago. Her entire concept of taking down the big low income high rises and replacing them with housing spread all over the metro area (the famed “scattered site housing initiative”), was a total disaster. Years behind schedule, huge cost overruns, and choking bureaucracy. Fortunately for her, her buddy Barack, got elected President and transported her to DC so she got out of town just… Read more »
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
All you need to see to understand how public housing is a doomed to fail disaster — the first season of ‘Good Times.’
A lot of this puff was done when — guess who– Valerie Jarrett was head of CHA. It is another story the mainstream media won’t touch. She was an absolute disaster for low income housing in Chicago. Her entire concept of taking down the big low income high rises and replacing them with housing spread all over the metro area (the famed “scattered site housing initiative”), was a total disaster. Years behind schedule, huge cost overruns, and choking bureaucracy. Fortunately for her, her buddy Barack, got elected President and transported her to DC so she got out of town just… Read more »
Most of the homes are probably in Florida!