President Preckwinkle Approve Housing Project in Country Club Hills

[sunnyandcloudydays]

There has to be a van or something to take the people to work shopping etc
other wise they would be in a place with public trans

I was not aware cch did not have public transp.
its apparent its not important for them to use they for getting around

[Midwest Revival]

Originally Posted by suburban_boy

Apparently, with the support of our beloved Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, the Cook County Board of Commissioners approved a $3.9 million HOME Investment Partnership Loan to South Suburban PADS to support the development of a new 77-unit construction rental housing project in Country Club Hills. The City of Country Club Hills will be donated 3 acres towards this project.

Now in the past the city has refused to allow large scale public housing developments to be built, now they are all of a sudden are approving it? I personally believe that it is a bad idea for the simple fact that it is disastrous to concentrate lower-income residents in one confined area. This type of development has proven to be a failure time and time again and yet people are still trying to do it.

I understand that the South Suburbs is in desperate need of housing for the homeless. However, why CC Hills? There's no real access to public transportation; there aren't many jobs in the area; and if they are going to place it near the Gatling Property, the residents will be even more isolated. A place like this would be better suited Harvey, Cal City or Chicago Heights where there is access to public transportation to the city and elsewhere. Plus they may be better equipped to work with and tolerated the homeless population than CC Hills. CC Hills is solidly middle-class and, in my opinion, I don't think they have the patience to deal with this type of population.

Ok. I can ramble on all day. Let me know what ya'll think.

Yeah I agree, I live in CCH and it has little public transit what so ever. It has a few Pace Bus's that run down 183rd,175th, and 167th going towards Metra Electric. Ive went to city meetings COUNTLESS times and asked for more Pace Bus lines and nothing has ever happened, If there gonna have this PADS center they better add a few new Bus lines.

[prairiestate]

Originally Posted by Midwest Revival

Yeah I agree, I live in CCH and it has little public transit what so ever. It has a few Pace Bus's that run down 183rd,175th, and 167th going towards Metra Electric. Ive went to city meetings COUNTLESS times and asked for more Pace Bus lines and nothing has ever happened, If there gonna have this PADS center they better add a few new Bus lines.

Don't take it personally. It probably has something to do with the fact that CCH has nothing at all to do with Pace.

Pace probably won't create new bus routes just for you either, but you can give it a try.

Pace Bus - Customer Relations

[Midwest Revival]

Wait..So If im a homeless guy in the Roseland area in Chicago and I need to get to the PADS center in CCH..What am I supose to do?

[djpope35]

theyre trying to destroy a nice black middle class community