Illinois' housing agency extends hand to help Cairo develop 'realistic housing goals'

CAT Tracks Editor's Note:

I still remember spending a night in the Cairo Junior/Senior High School cafeteria listening to the folks who rebuilt New Orleans after Katrina, how they were going to turn Cairo around...

...and all we got was a community survey and a promise to create a comprehensive plan aimed at creating jobs, encouraging development and increasing the quality of life for its citizens.

Guess Cairo has proved a bigger challenge than an 'Act of God'.

Three years later, by act of HUD, residents are being forced to relocate under threat of eviction, with a promise to bulldoze their public housing projects...

...like who needs public housing in the poorest county in Illinois?

Oh well, let's see what the Illinois Housing Development Authority can do...