{"id":24675,"date":"2016-01-20T11:02:57","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T17:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=24675"},"modified":"2016-01-20T11:02:57","modified_gmt":"2016-01-20T17:02:57","slug":"cha-approves-homeless-families-program-bonus-for-new-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/cha-approves-homeless-families-program-bonus-for-new-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"CHA approves homeless families program, bonus for new CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Harry Huggins<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">The leadership of the Chicago Housing Authority approved a new voucher program for homeless families, as well as actions to expand the agency\u2019s public housing stock during its first board meeting Tuesday. After the board announced a $10,000 bonus for new acting Chief Executive Officer, Eugene Jones Jr., CHA residents voiced their support for the man who took charge of the troubled agency last year in June.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n\u201cHe\u2019s done something to strike a chord with us residents,\u201d said Jacqueline Paige, who holds a government subsidized housing voucher. \u201c[Residents] used to come in here cussing and fussing. The fact that they\u2019re not calling for his head says a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tamika Holt addressed Jones Jr. directly, saying, \u201cI do see you as a leader, you\u2019ve got some things done. I\u2019m glad to have you aboard, and I look forward to the fights, because I know we\u2019re going to have some.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paul McKinley, another Housing Choice Voucher resident, complimented the new subsidized housing program that will set aside 50 units for homeless families.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to thank you all for the new breath of air at the CHA,\u201d McKinley said. \u201cIt\u2019s truly marvelous that you have given the people hope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In what amounted to CHA progress report, Jones Jr. laid out his vision for 2016, including the citywide Year of the Youth campaign. Highlights of that campaign included a program connecting CHA employees as mentors to elementary school students living in CHA properties, as well as $178 million earmarked for 700 new affordable housing units this year.<\/p>\n<p>Jones Jr. mentioned his concern about the treatment of elderly CHA residents. He told a story about a man sitting next to him at the Martin Luther King Jr. Interfaith Breakfast Friday, who ate two to three servings of every course he was served.<\/p>\n<p>Jones Jr. said he could only assume the man was hungry \u201cand this is going to be his only meal for the day. I\u2019m not saying we\u2019re not doing enough, but we need to do more, because our elderly are not being served in the right way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>John Hooker, chairman of the CHA board, announced Jones Jr.\u2019s bonus midway through the meeting, citing his \u201cprofound leadership\u201d since he arrived seven months ago. Hooker lauded the acting CEO\u2019s success in boosting employee morale and \u201cunclogging the development pipeline\u201d for new CHA housing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are intent on keeping him here for a very long time,\u201d Hooker said.<\/p>\n<p>Residents did criticize some CHA programs, including the entrepreneurship partnership with the Chicago Urban League. Marilyn Scott, owner of Cobblestone Bakery and Catering, called the program a \u201ctotal failure.\u201d Hooker said the board is looking into the Urban League program after residents mentioned issues at the last two board meetings.<\/p>\n<p>Despite past issues with CEO leadership, the overall mood of CHA residents is still hopeful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHim as a man, I support,\u201d Paige said about Jones Jr., \u201cbut it\u2019s the institution of housing that keeps me doubtful.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: The Chicago Housing Authority&#8217;s leadership met here Tuesday. (Harry Huggins\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Harry Huggins The leadership of the Chicago Housing Authority approved a new voucher program for homeless families, as well as actions to expand the agency\u2019s public housing stock during its first board meeting Tuesday. 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