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Boy, 8, Dies `Surfing' on CHA Elevator
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"Elevator surfing" has claimed another child's life in a Chicago
Housing Authority complex.
Surfing involves getting on the roof of an elevator and riding
it up and down - and sometimes leaping from the roof of one moving
elevator to another, when the elevators are in pairs.
Jermaine Baker, 8, was crushed to death Sunday night while
riding atop an elevator at 2950 W. Harrison in the CHA's Harrison
Courts complex, police said.
Two women told detectives a boy about 12...
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Boy, 8, Dies `Surfing' on CHA Elevator
Chicago Sun-Times
; "Elevator surfing" has claimed another child's life in a Chicago Housing Authority complex. Surfing involves getting on the roof of an elevator and riding it up and down - and sometimes leaping from the roof of one moving elevator to another, when the elevators are in pairs. Jermaine Baker, 8, was
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Family Sues CHA in Death On Elevator
Chicago Sun-Times
; The family of a 17-year-old public housing resident killed in an elevator accident filed suit Friday against the Chicago Housing Authority. The CHA and Delaware-based Mid-American Elevator Co. are accused of negligence in the lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court. It was filed by Wanda Morrison, the
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What is wrong with CHA?
Chicago Sun-Times
; The Chicago Housing Authority, which houses 145,000 of Chicago's poorest citizens, is in critical condition. The CHA faces its worst financial crisis ever. Its buildings are in deplorable condition. It is crippled by power struggles between the city, local and federal officials. And revelations of
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Mayor vows to fight HUD as CHA boosts legal forces
Chicago Sun-Times
; Mayor Washington and his Chicago Housing Authority bosses have sent a message to federal housing officials who want to take over the CHA that they won't get it without a fight. "I'm not about to sit still and let HUD or mud or anybody take over this city," the mayor said Wednesday. "I'm not a
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CHA faces huge cuts in `cash crisis'
Chicago Sun-Times
; A "severe cash-flow crisis" will force the CHA to stop all construction and major improvement projects by April 30 unless it receives $38 million, according to a financial report obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times. And unless the Chicago Housing Authority gets another $23 million, it will slash all
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CHA asking elevator firms' help on bills
Chicago Sun-Times
; The financially strapped Chicago Housing Authority has asked elevator repair contractors to accept partial payment on current bills and a six-month moratorium on demands for $2 million in past-due debt. The CHA's extraordinary request to its six elevator repair companies comes as some contractors
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Lack of supplies stalls CHA repairs
Chicago Sun-Times
; Long-deferred improvements for aging Chicago Housing Authority buildings are being postponed because of the CHA's worsening financial crisis. Halted recently were roof repairs at the Altgeld Gardens and Lathrop projects and final work at a newly remodeled high-rise at 630 W. Evergreen in the
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CHA cites its success at clipping the winter 'hawk'
Chicago Defender
; CHA cites its success at clipping the winter `hawk' Chicago Housing Authority officials are taking pride in the success of CHA's Winterization Program as they watch cold weather turn to balmy springtime. They say they're especially proud of having awarded high numbers of winterization-related
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Going condo could give CHA new lease on life
Chicago Sun-Times
; Iknow this is going to sound outrageous, but before you dismiss the solution, consider how ridiculous the problem is. Right now the Chicago Housing Authority is a financial pigpen. There are only two kinds of expenditures the agency has these days: ones it can't account for and ones it wishes it
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Council OKs $30.6 million bailout of CHA
Chicago Sun-Times
; The City Council rushed to the rescue of a shaky Chicago Housing Authority with a $25 million loan and a $5.6 million gift yesterday. After fiery debate, aldermen voted 30-16 for the loan and 31-15 for the grant from the city's $101 million share of federal community development funds. In a press
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