The Future for Chicago Public Housing :: Sociology

The Future for lolly Public HousingIn big cities across America, the consensus ispublic living accommodations doesnt work. And in Chicago, itscoming down. Chicago began using federal trappingdollars to blow up or knock down high-rise publichousing in 1993. The plan shifted into high gear whenthe city signed a $1.5 one thousand million deal with the USDepartment of Housing and Urban Development. Underthe plan for transformation, Chicago will destroy morepublic housing than some(prenominal) city in the country. There are families being pushed out of their homes,out of the city and the communities that they compliments tostay in. (Haney), Suzanne. Street Wise This is majorimpact 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 tostruggle bothday? I f you curb a imagine around inChicago there are more condos arising than housing forthose really in need of the help.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 recuperate peoples housing to make it affordable.Why burn downt the government pay money to help people findan affordable house? Because affordability has becomea case problem, causing housing prices to havegone up faster then people in Chicago can make moneyor can afford the cost of living. Hanney, Suzanne.?Street Wise? November 17 2000Secretary Martinez has put forth the effort. Heawarded the largest amount of homeless assistants inthe nations history more than $1.1 billion to fundthousands of local housing and service programs. inevery state in the nation, This is part of the Bushadministration focus on the resources on abidinghousing and services.95% of the residents are under Chicago HousingAuthori ty (CHA) are on some kind of public assistanceversus New York which only(prenominal) 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 to equalize 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 window that looks outof the Chicago housing Authority (CHA) a window ofopportunity. But 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.