The Northwest Home Equity Assurance Program was created more than 30 years ago to prevent white flight on Chicago’s Northwest Side. But that never happened and the program ended up a dormant organization flush with millions of dollars in unused cash. With a change in state law and new organizational leadership, the program offers loans for repairs, maintenance, remodeling or other improvements.
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.