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Resident alleges Housing Authority board member rents building while ICE activity worries community
Summary
At the Oct. 6 North Chicago City Council meeting a resident alleged a member of the North Chicago Housing Authority rents a building without reporting income and urged the city to respond to local ICE enforcement; Mayor Leon Rockingham and council members discussed limits on local authority and community safety measures.
A North Chicago resident raised two concerns during public comment at the Oct. 6 City Council meeting: an allegation that a member of the North Chicago Housing Authority is renting a private building without reporting the income, and ongoing immigration-enforcement activity in the community that residents say is causing fear.
The resident, identified in the meeting transcript as Rayon Edwards, told the council he has “proof” that a Housing Authority board member — whom he named as “Mr. Hodge” — owns and rents a building on 14th Street and is not reporting that rental income to the housing authority. Edwards said he has submitted information to the state in Springfield and plans to bring the matter to the North Chicago Housing Authority board meeting.
The allegation was…
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