Bill Text: IL HR0367 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges the Governor and the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to direct funds that would allow the rebuilding and repair of the Alexander County Housing Development in Cairo.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-25 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser [HR0367 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0367-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, After years of mismanagement, the United States | ||||||
3 | Department of Housing and Urban
Development made the | ||||||
4 | announcement to close the McBride and Elmwood public housing
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5 | buildings of the Alexander County Housing Authority, rather | ||||||
6 | than make any efforts to improve
the living conditions of the | ||||||
7 | people who live there; and
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8 | WHEREAS, It is unjust to evict the families currently | ||||||
9 | residing in these housing developments,
many of whom have no | ||||||
10 | other place to turn; and
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11 | WHEREAS, The closure of these housing developments will not | ||||||
12 | only cause devastation to the
community of Cairo, but to | ||||||
13 | Illinois as a whole, since many families living in these | ||||||
14 | housing
developments may choose to leave Southern Illinois or | ||||||
15 | the State altogether; and
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16 | WHEREAS, The Department of Housing and Urban Development is | ||||||
17 | shifting responsibility for
the Alexander County Housing | ||||||
18 | Authority and putting the families and the people of Cairo at | ||||||
19 | risk; and
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20 | WHEREAS, The Governor must stand up for the people whom he | ||||||
21 | represents and take action to help those that are being |
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1 | negatively impacted by the Cairo housing closures; therefore, | ||||||
2 | be it
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3 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
4 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
5 | strongly urge the Governor
and the Department of Commerce and | ||||||
6 | Economic Opportunity to direct funds that would
allow the | ||||||
7 | rebuilding and repair of the Alexander County Housing | ||||||
8 | Development in Cairo; and be it further
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9 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
10 | presented to the Governor, the Department of Commerce and | ||||||
11 | Economic Opportunity, the Alexander County Housing Authority, | ||||||
12 | and the McBride and Elmwood public
housing buildings.
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