{"id":359,"date":"2010-11-01T09:00:59","date_gmt":"2010-11-01T16:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cana16.com\/?p=359"},"modified":"2010-11-01T09:00:59","modified_gmt":"2010-11-01T16:00:59","slug":"handling-problem-buildings-in-our-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cana16.com\/?p=359","title":{"rendered":"HANDLING PROBLEM BUILDINGS in our community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Several state and local departments came together on October 27<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0 to inform residents of the services and processes in place to address buildings which are believed to be the source of problems in the community.\u00a0 Representatives were there to collect address information on problem buildings from residents and to provide their phone numbers for direct contact. Agencies represented included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>State Attorney<\/li>\n<li>City of Chicago<\/li>\n<li>Police Department<\/li>\n<li>Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County<\/li>\n<li>CHA Housing Choice<\/li>\n<li>Alderman Deborah Graham<\/li>\n<li>CAPS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0These organizations are working together in a coordinated way. We as residents must give them the information about the sources of problems. You can choose to provide information to the contact with whom you are most comfortable. You can decide to give the information to any one or all of these organizations.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">City of Chicago, Department of Buildings <\/span><\/p>\n<p>(312) 743-3554\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 James Harney, Deputy Commissioner, City of Chicago, Troubled Buildings Bureau<\/p>\n<p>James Harney drives through our neighborhood every Friday to survey the list of buildings that have been reported as a problem. He conducts a review to determine what actions might be taken by the City of Chicago, from fines to demolition.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">City of Chicago, Police Department<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lt. Cyndi Lance, Commanding Officer, Troubled Buildings Unit, Special Functions Group<\/p>\n<p>Requirements must be met\u00a0 before a building will be on the list for this department. In a six month period, there must be 2 misdemeanors or one felony arrest. When the requirements are met, the owner is contacted by one of the 13 officers assigned to each police area. The owner\u2019s failure to respond could result in contact from the city\u2019s law department.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">City of Chicago, Corporation Counsel<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Judith Dever, Senior Asst. Corp. Council, Building and License Enforcement<\/p>\n<p>The focus is on guns, drugs and prostitution and enforcement of the Drug and Gang House Ordinance. If a connection can be made between criminal activity and an address, they can take action under the ordinance, after the Department of Buildings writes fines and files an inspection report.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0This office goes into the field every Friday. They file, in Circuit Court, fines and other actions against offenders.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Housing Choice, CHA<\/span><\/p>\n<p>(312) 913-7188\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Steven Rosario, Director of Housing Choice, CHA<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Deonna Wheeler, Asst. Director Housing Choices<\/p>\n<p>If you suspect that a recipient of a Housing Choice Voucher is causing problems, you can call Housing Choice and report the address <a href=\"https:\/\/gutepotenz.de\/\">https:\/\/gutepotenz.de\/<\/a>. If they confirm that the address is one of their clients, they will begin an investigation. Their actions include instruction on \u201cQuality of Life\u201d and expulsion from the program.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">15th District Police Department<\/span><\/p>\n<p>(312) 743-1495\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sgt. Glenn White, Community Policing Sergeant<\/p>\n<p>A report form is available from the police department. Suspicious activity can be provided to the police department through this method.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Alderman<\/span><\/p>\n<p>(773) 261-4646\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Alderman Deborah Graham, 29<sup>th<\/sup> Ward<\/p>\n<p>The alderman stated that she prefers that you call her office first to report suspicious activity. She reported that she goes along with James Harney, Deputy Commissioner, Troubled Buildings Bureau, on his drives through the community each week. After your initial call, you must continue to call the alderman\u2019s office to determine the status of the efforts of her office and to find out any additional steps you might need to take.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">State\u2019s Attorney<\/span><\/p>\n<p>(708) 386-7301\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kelly Navarro, Matthew Jannusch, Asst State\u2019s Attorneys<\/p>\n<p>A foreclosure mediation program was discussed. To get more information call (877) 895-2444.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County <\/span><\/p>\n<p>(312) 603-6366\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bonnie Clarke, Asst Chief Deputy Clerk<\/p>\n<p>Your can receive assistance with the identification of information on a building.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<strong>You must take action. We\u2019ve been shown that if we won\u2019t spend a few hours looking for a solution, others won\u2019t either<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Several state and local departments came together on October 27th\u00a0 to inform residents of the services and processes in place to address buildings which are believed to be the source of problems in the community.\u00a0 Representatives were there to collect address information on problem buildings from residents and to provide their phone numbers for direct&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cana16.com\/?p=359\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-safesecure"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cana16.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cana16.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cana16.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cana16.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cana16.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=359"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cana16.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":361,"href":"https:\/\/cana16.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359\/revisions\/361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cana16.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cana16.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cana16.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}