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‘Move to Work’ program attributed to higher average household incomes in Champaign County

Post author:Deliah Bradley / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:January 21, 2020
Post category:Housing

The national average income per household receiving assistance from a housing authority is approximately $12,000 a year, but in Champaign County the average income per household is $17,500. David Northern, Chief Executive Officer of the Housing Authority of Champaign County, attributes the higher income to a work program started in 2011.

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Small budget, big impact: Champaign weatherization program reaches more homes

Post author:Jonah Perez / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:December 20, 2019
Post category:Housing

With a budget of $600,000 the Champaign County Regional Planning Commission Weatherization program often can be overlooked. However, it helps many low-income families save money and get access to basic housing needs. According to the CCRPC 2018 annual report, the average material cost per home was $7,471. 39 homes received these services in 2018, an increase of 16 homes from the previous year. Champaign County Regional Planning Commission's Michael Hunter said he would like to see it increased, with more houses applying and obtaining services.

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Funds to improve quality of life for Champaign-Urbana residents insufficient

Post author:Julie Kang / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:December 20, 2019
Post category:Housing Public Funds

Communities eligible for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding in the City of Urbana has increased, meaning the money available cannot meet the growing needs, according to a CDBG Coalition report published early this year. Urbana is one of many cities in the nation that are part of the long-standing CDBG program, administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The local program is monitored by the Grants Management Division.

on Wednesday, December 19, 2018. photo by Darrell Hoemann/C-U Citizen Access

Mobile home owners fear they may be priced out by rent hikes

Post author:Pam G. Dempsey
Post published:December 21, 2018
Post category:Housing

Some unlikely advocates have emerged in the fight to lift a 1997 ban on rent control in Illinois – manufactured home owners who are upset with the increasing cost of their lot rents.

Read more about the article Federal housing analysis says Champaign rental market oversaturated, but city continues to approve development

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Federal housing analysis says Champaign rental market oversaturated, but city continues to approve development

Post author:Sarah Spiro / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:February 1, 2018
Post category:Housing

The development of student apartments in Champaign-Urbana has not slowed down over the past five years, despite two separate federal housing analyses describing the rental market as oversaturated.

Read more about the article Thousands waiting for affordable housing in Champaign County

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Cindi Herrera, interim director of the Housing Authority of Champaign County, on January 29.

Thousands waiting for affordable housing in Champaign County

Post author:Molly Leahy / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:February 1, 2018
Post category:Housing

Currently, there are 1,182 people on the waiting list for project-based vouchers for the 734 units owned by the Housing Authority of Champaign County.

Read more about the article Champaign County housing authority executive director hired in Virginia

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Ed Bland, the executive director of the Housing Authority of Champaign County, was hired in the same position in Portsmouth, Virginia, last week.

Champaign County housing authority executive director hired in Virginia

Post author:Johnathan Hettinger
Post published:June 5, 2017
Post category:Housing

Ed Bland, the executive director of the Housing Authority of Champaign County, was hired in the same position in Portsmouth, Virginia, last week.

Read more about the article Current housing voucher program leaves applicants waiting

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A U-Haul truck sits outside a building at Joann Dorsey Homes apartment complex on Sept. 1, 2011. Dozens of residents moved from the property as part of a redevelopment plan from the Housing Authority of Champaign County. The property has since been demolished. Housing authority officials have confirmed that they are holding dozens of housing vouchers in reserve for redevelopment projects that include Dorsey Homes. Housing advocates say that the vouchers should be distributed now to assist the more than 400 families on a waiting list for housing assistance.

Current housing voucher program leaves applicants waiting

Post author:Sarah Foster / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:April 26, 2017
Post category:Housing

At the Housing Authority of Champaign County, the first thing an applicant for housing must learn is to wait, especially when it comes to…

Read more about the article Despite influx of funds, vacant housing increases in county

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Nuisance Houses on Tuesday, September 20, 2016. photo by Darrell Hoemann/The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

Despite influx of funds, vacant housing increases in county

Post author:Jelter Meers / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:October 25, 2016
Post category:Housing

CHAMPAIGN-URBANA: Since the housing market crashed in 2007, the cities of Champaign and Urbana have received more than $2 million in state and federal…

Read more about the article Champaign targets certain neighborhoods for demolition

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Nuisance Houses on Tuesday, September 20, 2016. photo by Darrell Hoemann/The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

Champaign targets certain neighborhoods for demolition

Post author:Jelter Meers / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:October 19, 2016
Post category:Housing

These houses make up about 5 percent of vacant houses citywide, but represent the worst of the worst, officials said. Those are houses with repeated code violations, safety issues or are home to criminal activity. The monitored homes are largely located in more troubled neighborhoods because city staff closely monitors those areas.