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Champaign Park Apartments received the most complaints in Champaign from January 1, 2021 to mid February 2023. During this time, 393 units were condemned by the city.

Rising Champaign housing complaints detail violations; Champaign Park Apartments received most in past two years

Post author:Ashley Gilbert / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:July 12, 2023
Post category:Government Housing Neighborhoods Public Funds

Over the past year, Champaign Park Apartments had so many serious inspection issues that led to the condemnation of 393 units and an unknown,…

Champaign shootings spread to westward neighborhoods over years, fueled by recent surge in gun violence

Post author:Dylan Tiger and CU-CitizenAccess.org
Post published:December 17, 2021
Post category:Government Neighborhoods Public Health

Gun violence in Champaign has steadily marched westward over the past three years as shootings have increased in neighborhoods north and south of Springfield Avenue, especially in or near several apartment complexes, according to a review of police data over the past seven years by CU-CitizenAccess.org. With about two weeks left in this year, 16 people have lost their lives. In 2020, there were nine homicides, but only two in 2019. Shooting incidents more than doubled in Champaign since 2019, going from 100 shootings, to 189 in 2020, then to 251 by December 13.