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...January she and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development had been feuding over a HUD audit suggesting that the Chicago Housing Authority, the nation's second largest, with 142,000 tenants in 46,000 units, was among the worst managed. "It is almost as if the CHA exists for a purpose other than the management and maintenance of good quality public housing," the report charged. Its true purpose? "The acquisition of as many Federal Government dollars as possible for the creation of patronage jobs and financial opportunities...
...receiving more generous federal subsidies ($131 vs. $112). The study found that costs for heating, elevator repairs and garbage disposal were excessive, and that $50 million in modernization funds was sitting in local bank accounts earning low interest. HUD Under Secretary Donald Hovde demanded the resignation of all five CHA commissioners, including the chairman, powerful Realtor Charles Swibel, one of the mayor's closest allies. Swibel, 55, was appointed to the board in 1956 by Mayor Richard Daley. Chicago Political Analyst Don Rose describes him as "a do-fer. As in 'What...
When Byrne did not act, HUD froze $14.5 million in subsidies. The mayor retaliated by taking out $35,000 worth of newspaper ads describing HUD's charges as a smokescreen for "inadequate funding for public housing." Swibel held firm, refusing to resign at a raucous CHA meeting early last week. "I'm staying because I've done nothing wrong," he insisted shortly before being hospitalized with an apparent ulcer attack...
...expectations have been fulfilled, and twice over at that. The contact with students and faculty has got to be one of the most rewarding experiences I've had And the CHA is a fantastic institution. There is lots of time for discussion and learning and a permanent flow of fascinating people...
When the pastor of the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in St. Paul arrived at the church early one morning this month, he tried not to wake the Laotian refugee family that had been staying in the basement while waiting for permanent lodging. Suddenly Cha Mang, one of the refugees, appeared and beckoned the clergyman to follow her to the room where the family, which had arrived in the U.S. just five days earlier, slept. There she pointed to the bed where her husband Lue Thao, 36, was lying. Lue Thao was not asleep; he was dead...