The Chicago Housing Authority is formally an independent government body with its own board responsible for providing oversight. But the agency has been under fire in recent years for its slow pace of housing construction — and deals to sell off parcels of land — while homelessness increases. It was recently reported that nearly 500 of the CHA’s scattered-site properties are empty while more than 200,000 people are on the agency’s waiting lists for housing.
This is an intentional strategy by the CHA. Did you know that the CHA’s pension fund is fully funded? Of all the Illinois governmental agencies, you would probably guess that the CHA would have the worst pension fund funding, but you would be dead wrong, it’s one of the best. Shocker, huh. There are Chicago media articles going back to at least 2017 on this. So while they’re not very good at taking care of their “customers”, they’re top notch in taking care of their own. I don’t usually compliment Democrats, but the CHA board and management have got to… 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.
This is an intentional strategy by the CHA. Did you know that the CHA’s pension fund is fully funded? Of all the Illinois governmental agencies, you would probably guess that the CHA would have the worst pension fund funding, but you would be dead wrong, it’s one of the best. Shocker, huh. There are Chicago media articles going back to at least 2017 on this. So while they’re not very good at taking care of their “customers”, they’re top notch in taking care of their own. I don’t usually compliment Democrats, but the CHA board and management have got to… Read more »