HUD Long Neglected These Residents. Now As They Move Out, Some Feel HUD Let Them Down Again. [propublica.org]

Alicia Doktor 4/9/184:00 AM

CAIRO, Ill. — For years, residents of public housing complexes here were stuck living in aging and neglected buildings with inoperable heat, leaky ceilings, broken windows, mold, mice, roaches, and frequently clogged toilets and sinks.

And for years, federal authorities failed to step in despite regular financial reviews and building inspections that should have flagged problems and prompted corrective action much sooner.

But the solution once the Department of Housing and Urban Development finally faced the scope of the decay in Illinois’ most southern city has turned out to be every bit as thorny and painful.

[For more on this story by Molly Parker. go to https://www.propublica.org/art...-feel-let-down-again]

For another story on this topic see In Small-Town America, the Public Housing Crisis Nobody’s Talking About.

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