‘Troubled’ Housing Authority of Cook County spent more than $60,000 at Six Flags

Skip to comments.

Posted on 01/24/2025 6:57:16 AM PST by Salman

Riding roller coasters. Chowing down on fried food. Catching waves in the pool at Hurricane Harbor.

Hundreds of Housing Authority of Cook County employees and their families could enjoy these activities and more for three years at Six Flags on the agency’s dime.

The state’s second-largest housing authority, which was flagged by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as “troubled” in part because of an absentee board, low-grade property inspections, incorrect reporting on leases, high outstanding balances for tenants behind on rent and failure to submit financial reports on time, spent more than $60,000 on such trips.

The money came out of HACC’s roughly $22 million annual budget, dollars meant to be spent on providing public and subsidized housing to some of the lowest income residents in the county.

...

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...

Click here: to donate by Credit Card

Or here: to donate by PayPal

Or by mail to: Free Republic, LLC - PO Box 9771 - Fresno, CA 93794

Thank you very much and God bless you.

1 posted on 01/24/2025 6:57:16 AM PST by Salman

To: Salman

2 posted on 01/24/2025 7:01:02 AM PST by ComputerGuy

To: ComputerGuy

3 posted on 01/24/2025 7:04:37 AM PST by Salman (In Hell it is a punishable offense not to call it Heaven.)

To: Salman

4 posted on 01/24/2025 7:09:46 AM PST by Wuli

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson