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Click here to download a FACT SHEET on the changes
- Claim form (download here)
- Association board form of resolution authorizing someone to submit the application for the rebate. The resolution should be signed by the Board President and one other person.
- A copy of the arrangement/contract for 2011 salvage collection services
- Supporting documentation of the total refuse collection expenses for 2011 - copies of invoices or a statement from the contractor will be sufficient
- If not on file with former year applications, the recycling certification form (download here)
- Both the Claim form and the Recycling form must be notarized (which can be done at the 48th Ward office)
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| Rendering of future children's pavilion (via Stephen Rankin Associates) |
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Shelly Friede, a single mother of three, looked a high-ranking member of the Conservative Vice Lords street gang in the eye and asked a question.
"Are you trying to shoot my children?"
That was seven years ago, when Friede first moved into subsidized housing in the 4400 block of North Magnolia in Uptown. Her 24-unit courtyard building stood in Black P Stone Ranger territory and had been riddled with bullets from a drive-by shooting by the rival Vice Lords.
Cook County court records show that as of July 2009, nearly 100 residents with addresses at eight properties managed by the Community Housing Partners pairing have faced more than 150 criminal charges.
The two companies have also received a share of close to $21 million in TIF funds and more than $3 million in developer fees since 2006, according to City of Chicago Department of Community Development.
"And yet," said community activist Katharine Boyda about the agency, "they are not responsible for maintaining safe, affordable housing."
Only homeowners signed the letter because other residents of subsidized housing "fear retribution, especially from violent people," Boyda said.
