FY2006 MOVING TO WORK ANNUAL PLAN PLAN FOR TRANSFORMATION YEAR 7 OCTOBER 31, 2005 DIRECTORY CHICAGO HOUSING AUTHORITY EXECUTIVE OFFICE 626 West Jackson Boulevard Terry Peterson, Chief Executive Officer Adrienne G. Minley, Chief of Staff Chicago, Illinois 60661 Evelyn Maultsby-Bynum, Deputy Chief of Staff Gail Niemann, General Counsel PHONE: 312.742.8500 Darnetta Tyus, Managing Director of the Board of Commissioners WEBSITE: www.thecha.org Veronica Alanis, Special Assistant to the CEO DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT William Little, Managing Director Carl Byrd, Director - 312.742.8300 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FINANCE Miroslava Mejia-Krug, Chief Financial Officer Sharon Gist Gilliam Michael J. Gurgone, Treasurer - 312.742.5223 Margaret Jones, Director of Grant Administration - 312.742.4978 Chairperson Marvin Walton, Director of Budget and Management - 312.742.8611 David Burns, Comptroller – 312.742.4049 INTERNAL/EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS Lori Healey Derek Hill, Press Secretary - 312.742.9876 Vice Chairperson Kristen Hamer, Assistant Director of Resource Development - 312.742.8558 Kellye A. Keyes, Director of Management Analysis and Planning - 312.742.8550 Debra Moo-Young, ADA/Section 504 Compliance Coordinator – 312.742.2979 Otis Wright, Director of Intergovernmental Affairs – 312.742.0568 Hallie Amey INTERNAL SUPPORT Earnest Gates Cheryl Straughter, Managing Director Barbara Banks, Chief Information Officer - 312.742.2787 Dr. Mildred Harris A. Tish Mercer, Director of Human Resources - 312.742.8500 Michael Ivers Albert Murillo, Director of Procurement and Contracts - 312.742.9320 Martin Nesbitt OPERATIONS Michael McCue, Managing Director Carlos Ponce Duwain Bailey, Director of Operations - 312.742.6000 August Chidichimo, Director of Capital Construction - 312.742.5700 Mary E. Wiggins Lawrence Meades, Director of Facilities Management – 312.742.8592 Sandra Young RESIDENT SERVICES Meghan Harte, Managing Director Sharon Glenn, Director of Housing Choice Voucher Program - 312.742.8840 Rayne Martin, Director of Relocation and Supportive Services - 312.742.9407 Mark Plummer, Director of Community Development and Supports - 312.742.8865 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 1 MESSAGE FROM CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 2 INTRODUCTION 3 CHAPTER ONE: TRANSFORMING CHICAGO’S PUBLIC HOUSING 4 Family Housing Redevelopment/Rehabilitation as Mixed-Income 8 Senior, Scattered Site, and Family Housing Rehabilitation 35 Properties To Be Redeveloped or Rehabilitated 50 CHAPTER TWO: CONNECTING FAMILIES TO EXPANDED HOUSING OPTIONS 51 Housing Choice Voucher Program (Tenant-Based Vouchers) 53 Expanding Outreach 60 Project-Based Voucher Programs 63 CHAPTER THREE: TRANSITIONING FAMILIES TO NEW COMMUNITIES 64 Transitioning To Rehabilitated Units At Senior Designated Housing Properties 66 The Relocation Process At Family Properties 67 Communication During The Relocation Process 71 Building Closure 73 Move Activity and Relocation Services 74 CHAPTER FOUR: SUPPORTING ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SELF-SUFFICIENCY 76 Overview of the CHA Service Provision Network 78 Senior Resident Service Coordinators 80 Employment and Job Training 82 Additional Supportive Initiatives 83 Expanding Access to Services for CHA Residents 85 FY2006 MOVING TO WORK ANNUAL PLAN – PLAN FOR TRANSFORMATION YEAR 7 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS (cont’d) PAGE CHAPTER FIVE: SUSTAINING VIABLE COMMUNITIES 87 The CHA: Doing Its Part 89 Residents: Doing Their Part 96 The City of Chicago: Doing Its Part 105 CHAPTER SIX: MAINTAINING FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY 109 Fiscal Policies and Procedures 110 Budget Management 110 Grant Management 111 Resource Development 111 Sources and Uses of Funds 112 CHAPTER SEVEN: MANAGING THE PLAN FOR TRANSFORMATION 114 CHA Administrative Staff 116 Latino Affairs 117 Resident-Owned Business, M/W/DBE, & Section 3 118 APPENDICES: 121 1. CONVERSION PLAN UPDATE 122 2. MOVING TO WORK CROSSWALK 126 3. DECONCENTRATION 131 4. PUBLIC HOUSING STOCK AND DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 134 5. PUBLIC HOUSING WAIT LISTS DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 137 6. PUBLIC HOUSING OCCUPANCY BY DEVELOPMENT 138 FY2006 MOVING TO WORK ANNUAL PLAN – PLAN FOR TRANSFORMATION YEAR 7 TABLE OF CONTENTS (cont’d) TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE APPENDICES (cont’d): 7. HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER (HCV) PROGRAM AND WAIT LIST DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 143 8. PROPOSED DEMOLITION SCHEDULE 145 9. PROPOSED NON-DWELLING STRUCTURE DEMOLITION 158 10. PROPOSED DISPOSITION 159 11. ESTIMATED CAPITAL EXPENDITURE BY DEVELOPMENT AND FUND 160 12. PUBLIC HOUSING FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL FUND PROGRAM 161 13. SENIOR DESIGNATED HOUSING PLAN UPDATE 162 14. PUBLIC COMMENTS 163 15. CERTIFICATIONS 175 16. SUBMISSIONS REQUIRED FOR THE RECEIPT OF FUNDS 182 COLLABORATIONS 187 FY2006 MOVING TO WORK ANNUAL PLAN – PLAN FOR TRANSFORMATION YEAR 7 TABLE OF CONTENTS MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS I am very pleased to present the FY2006 Annual Plan detailing the CHA’s activities for the upcoming year. This year will prove to be an exciting one. We will break ground for the on-site portions of Legends South, the redevelopment of Robert Taylor, and Park Side of Old Town, which will be built on the footprint of Francis Cabrini Extension North. Both of these new mixed-income developments will provide families with brand new, modern apartments with retail, parks, and other community resources nearby. Redevelopment and rehabilitation work will continue at our other family properties as well. Park Boulevard, the new mixed-income site replacing Stateway Gardens, and West End, replacement housing for Rockwell Gardens’ residents, will continue construction and we will complete over 800 rehabilitated units at various other CHA family sites this year. By the end of the year, we expect to have finished more than 1,300 units, bringing our grand total of completed units to 15,654, or over 62% of the 25,000 planned units. We will continue to closely track our families as they move through the relocation process and ensure that they are getting all the information they need in order to make housing choices that are best for them. Just like market-rate families, public housing residents make housing choices based on a wide variety of reasons including proximity to schools, churches, day care, and other family members, and we want to support them by making sure that they are making informed choices when deciding whether to return to CHA’s mixed- income or rehabilitated housing, or remain in the private rental market with a Housing Choice Voucher. We recognize that new housing alone is not enough to change the lives of our residents in the long-term. Therefore, we are continuing our commitment to help residents access needed social services through the Service Connector System and our contracted social service providers. We will spend over $20 million again this year to ensure that residents get the help they need to improve their lives. We’re also working very hard to help them find permanent jobs with decent wages so that they can ultimately move towards self-sufficiency – the real goal of the Plan for Transformation. I thank you for your continued support and urge you to help us make FY2006 another year of success. Sincerely, Sharon Gist Gilliam, Chairperson Chicago Housing Authority Board of Commissioners FY2006 MOVING TO WORK ANNUAL PLAN - PLAN FOR TRANSFORMATION YEAR 7 Page 1 MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER In the following pages, you will see detailed information for CHA’s plans through FY2006. However, what is contained in these pages is far more than building plans, statistical information, and unit counts. This Plan is the blueprint for a brighter tomorrow for those who need it most. It’s about ending the social and physical isolation that public housing families have felt for too long. Ultimately, it’s about helping CHA residents build a better future for themselves and their families. By the end of FY2006, we will have completed 15,654 units (over 62% of the 25,000 total units planned). Our senior and scattered site units are almost done. We’ve closed 34 mixed-income deals so far, and we’re under construction at or near every site planned for redevelopment. Rehabilitation at most of our family sites is well under way and the others are currently in the planning process. We know we can’t do something of this magnitude alone and we greatly appreciate the support of our many partners. They have generously stepped forward to provide our residents with educational, employment, and other needed resources. We have begun developing relationships with area employers to help residents get permanent jobs because we know that gainful employment is necessary for their lives to improve. This year, we will spend another $20 million on supportive social services so that families have someone to turn to in order to help them overcome any barriers they may face, and so that they can move forward on the path towards self-sufficiency. I come to work here everyday because I can see that, step by step, residents’ lives are improving, and that gives me hope for an even better tomorrow. I know that we still have a lot of work to do but we are fully committed to making this Plan a success and, at the end of the day, giving residents a safer and better place to call home. Sincerely, Terry Peterson, Chief Executive Officer Chicago Housing Authority FY2006 MOVING TO WORK ANNUAL PLAN - PLAN FOR TRANSFORMATION YEAR 7 Page 2 INTRODUCTION On February 6, 2000, the United States Department of Housing In accordance with the MTW Agreement, the CHA submits an and Urban Development (HUD) approved the Chicago Housing annual MTW plan (annual plan) to HUD 60 days prior to the Authority’s (CHA) Moving to Work Demonstration Agreement start of the fiscal year (FY). Each annual plan provides an (MTW Agreement) and the Plan for Transformation. The MTW update on the progress of the CHA in implementing the Plan for Agreement and its amendments provide the CHA the Transformation and serves as a comprehensive framework of opportunity to implement innovative strategies for revitalizing the CHA’s goals and activities for the upcoming year.