The Future for Chicago Public Housing :: Sociology

The Future for pelf creation HousingIn big cities across America, the consensus is public living accommodations doesnt work. And in Chicago, itscoming down. Chicago began using federal housingdollars to blow up or knock down high-rise publichousing in 1993. The purpose shifted into high gear whenthe city signed a $1.5 gazillion deal with the USDepartment of Housing and Urban Development. Underthe plan for transformation, Chicago will destroy morepublic housing than whatsoever city in the country. There ar families being pushed show up of their homes,out of the city and the communities that they want tostay in. (Haney), Suzanne. Street Wise This is major disturb on the city, from this comes segregation andthe economy fails. Mayor Richard Daley and hisadministration promised people in Chicago affordablehousing and now Daley has gone back on his word. Where has all that money gone that Mayor Daley haspromised to millions of people who continue to contest everyday? If you take a look around inChicago there are more condos arising than housing forthose really in hold of the suspensor.Mayor Daley and be Administration decided to takefrom people who are making over $75, 000 a year. Theythink by taking 30% of their money they will be ableto help restore peoples housing to make it affordable.Why cant the government pay money to help people findan affordable house? Because affordability has becomea subject area problem, causing housing prices to havegone up faster so people in Chicago can make moneyor can afford the cost of living. Hanney, Suzanne.?Street Wise? November 17 2000 depository Martinez has drift forth the effort. Heawarded the largest amount of homeless assistants inthe nations narration more than $1.1 billion to fundthousands of local housing and service programs. inevery state in the nation, This is part of the Bushadministration way on the resources on permanenthousing and services.95% of the residents are nether Chicago HousingAuthority (CH A) are on some manakin of public assistanceversus spick-and-span York which only need 25% of publicassistance. Chicago uses up this 95% of publicassistance towards putting up expensive condos thatrange from $75,000-$100,000. They do this to try tocompare up to New Yorks standards. Chicago?sPublic Housing Projects, source The Economist, July11, 1998.Mayor Daley goes on to say working together, allChicagoans. We can make every windowpane that looks outof the Chicago housing Authority (CHA) a window ofopportunity. tho that the key word here isopportunity, Mayor Daley has not giving any body undercha the opportunity for any thing. Mayor Daley takesthese people homes from them and put up condo.