• About
  • Contact
  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • DMCA
  • Sitemap
  • Write For Us
Thursday, March 4, 2021
Daily illinois - USA | News, Sports & Updates Web Magazine
  • Covid-19
  • News
    • All
    • Education
    • Politics
    • Sports
    • World
    Scott Morrison holds a vial of AstraZeneca vaccine (file image)

    AstraZeneca vaccines ready for rollout as Australia fast-tracks modified jabs

    Andrew Cuomo's actions show failure to exercise 'the necessary self-control', Democrat lawmaker says

    Andrew Cuomo’s actions show failure to exercise ‘the necessary self-control’, Democrat lawmaker says

    Dembele, Pique 8/10 as Barcelona rally to reach Copa del Rey final

    Dembele, Pique 8/10 as Barcelona rally to reach Copa del Rey final

    A quote from the lawsuit, which claims that when students were critical of a professor's alleged misconduct the university ignored or silenced them. - CREDIT ILLINOIS TIMES

    U of I sued over sexual misconduct

    Rishi Sunak, Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, speaking in the House of Commons Wednesday. Seated behind him is Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

    Britain Announces Relief Programs as Economy Slowly Reopens: Live Updates

    FBI Director Says Domestic Extremism ‘Metastasizing’ Around The Country

    FBI Director Says Domestic Extremism ‘Metastasizing’ Around The Country

    Top racing trainer Gordon Elliott apologizes over photo of himself sitting on a dead horse

    Horse racing faces fresh scrutiny after footage appears of a jockey posing on a dead horse

    6 Dr. Seuss Books Will No Longer Be Published Over Offensive Images

    6 Dr. Seuss Books Will No Longer Be Published Over Offensive Images

    Molly-Mae has now been found in breach of the Advertising Code for her online competition

    Molly-Mae Hague breaks advertising code for Instagram giveaway

    Elizabeth Warren rips stock buybacks as 'nothing but paper manipulation'

    Elizabeth Warren rips stock buybacks as ‘nothing but paper manipulation’

  • Science & Tech
    • All
    • Mobile
    Reddit Rolls Out Green Indicator Dots to Notify People When You're Online

    Reddit Rolls Out Green Indicator Dots to Notify People When You’re Online

    Best Cheap Wireless Keyboard Deals for March 2021 | Digital Trends

    Best Cheap Wireless Keyboard Deals for March 2021 | Digital Trends

    6 steps to build a data-driven company, according to experts

    6 steps to build a data-driven company, according to experts

    Xiaomi Mi 11 back against floor

    Xiaomi, not Samsung or Apple, is taking advantage of Huawei’s woes in Europe

    'DarkModeBuddy' is a new Mac app for automating Dark Mode switching based on ambient light - 9to5Mac

    ‘DarkModeBuddy’ is a new Mac app for automating Dark Mode switching based on ambient light – 9to5Mac

    A powerline tower in a grassy field.

    Hackers tied to Russia’s GRU targeted the US grid for years

    Microsoft’s Xbox Game Streaming app for Windows includes touch controls, gyro, and more

    Microsoft’s Xbox Game Streaming app for Windows includes touch controls, gyro, and more

    FDA advisors endorse Janssen's single-shot COVID-19 vaccine

    FDA advisors endorse Janssen’s single-shot COVID-19 vaccine

    Facebook apologizes for 'mistake' in threatening to ban 81-year-old woolen pig knitter for hate speech

    Facebook apologizes for ‘mistake’ in threatening to ban 81-year-old woolen pig knitter for hate speech

    How will NASA's Perseverance rover engineers pilot first helicopter on Mars?

    How will NASA’s Perseverance rover engineers pilot first helicopter on Mars?

  • Entertainment
    • All
    • Gaming
    • Movie
    • Music
    Elizabeth Olsen and Kathryn Hahn in Disney+'s 'WandaVision' (Courtesy of Marvel Studios).

    With ‘WandaVision’ and ‘The Mandalorian,’ Disney+ has found its magic spell

    Review: Messy but moving, 'Boogie' puts an Asian American basketball player front and center

    Review: Messy but moving, ‘Boogie’ puts an Asian American basketball player front and center

    Dua Lipa is pop's new superstar. She's also a bit of a mystery

    Dua Lipa is pop’s new superstar. She’s also a bit of a mystery

    Cars lined up in late February at a mass vaccination site at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.

    A Welcome Logistical Challenge for States as More Vaccine Arrives

    Texas, Mississippi end mask mandates; Senate taking up stimulus bill, $1,400 checks: Live COVID-19 updates

    Texas, Mississippi end mask mandates; Senate taking up stimulus bill, $1,400 checks: Live COVID-19 updates

    How Did Every Buzzy Film Become ‘The Movie We Need Right

    How Did Every Buzzy Film Become ‘The Movie We Need Right Now’?

    David Crosby on dinner with Joni, Phoebe Bridgers and the 50th anniversary of his haunted solo debut

    David Crosby on dinner with Joni, Phoebe Bridgers and the 50th anniversary of his haunted solo debut

    Why Fox News is having a day-long meltdown over Dr. Seuss

    Why Fox News is having a day-long meltdown over Dr. Seuss

    What Jeffrey Epstein did was vile. Why Dasha Nekrasova made a horror movie about it

    What Jeffrey Epstein did was vile. Why Dasha Nekrasova made a horror movie about it

    Morgan Wallen fans vote him back onto Tennessee radio after racist-slur controversy

    Morgan Wallen fans vote him back onto Tennessee radio after racist-slur controversy

  • Lifestyle
    • All
    • Fashion
    • Food
    • Travel
    Appreciation: How Fred Segal’s retail vision forever changed L.A.

    Appreciation: How Fred Segal’s retail vision forever changed L.A.

    Making sacrifices is a requirement for startup success. Yet, it’s vital to make sure you’re not making sacrifices to a lost cause. Validate your ideas quickly and kill the unsuccessful ones decisively to free up resources for new, better ideas.

    What Is Sacrifice About In The Early Startup Stages?

    British Airways is now offering Covid-19 test kits (pictured) for its customers for just £33, far below the regular price tag of £100-plus

    British Airways launches rapid Covid-19 test kits that cost just £33

    The Very Tactical Ascent of Givenchy Designer Matthew Williams

    The Very Tactical Ascent of Givenchy Designer Matthew Williams

    The Tomato Sandwich Doesn't Deserve the Hate

    The Tomato Sandwich Doesn’t Deserve the Hate

    Spoon By H, a Korean restaurant and café closed its doors on Saturday, Feb. 27, after it shared Instagram posts detailing its struggles with fighting refund requests it deemed fraudulent. (Google Maps)

    Restaurants are reportedly being hurt by refund request scams

    12 fashion and beauty brands that give back to women

    12 fashion and beauty brands that give back to women

    What you need to know before you take a road trip this spring

    What you need to know before you take a road trip this spring

    Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened March 1 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area

    Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened March 1 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area

    Why East L.A. community members still worry about the future of a beloved tree

    Why East L.A. community members still worry about the future of a beloved tree

33 °f
Chicago
34 ° Fri
32 ° Sat
37 ° Sun
47 ° Mon
No Result
View All Result
Daily illinois - USA | News, Sports & Updates Web Magazine
No Result
View All Result
Home News World

Home improvement

by Staff Writer
January 30, 2021
in World
Reading Time: 4min read
0
The Springfield City Council has approved the purchase of four uninhabitable homes with histories of code violations for more than $100,000. The purchase price for this one is $20,800.
491
SHARES
1.4k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter


click to enlarge

Related posts

A quote from the lawsuit, which claims that when students were critical of a professor's alleged misconduct the university ignored or silenced them. - CREDIT ILLINOIS TIMES

U of I sued over sexual misconduct

March 4, 2021
6 Dr. Seuss Books Will No Longer Be Published Over Offensive Images

6 Dr. Seuss Books Will No Longer Be Published Over Offensive Images

March 3, 2021

The Springfield City Council has approved the purchase of four uninhabitable homes with histories of code violations for more than $100,000. The purchase price for this one is $20,800.

At the same Dec. 15 city council meeting where someone dressed as Santa gave holiday greetings to council members who attended via Zoom, the council bought four houses on South Grand Avenue East.

It was a reversal from weeks leading up to Halloween, when council members balked at buying the same properties to make room for a promised rail overpass for which no construction money has been secured. The overpass would be built on the 19th Street rail corridor, about 10 blocks east of the 10th Street rail corridor now undergoing expansion.

Collectively, the four vacant houses have clocked 86 pages in code violations through the years for problems ranging from no garbage service to tall weeds to mattresses and other trash dumped in yards. City files also mention placards and someone once living in one of the houses absent electricity.

The owners, including Tien Thanh Do, who owns three of the homes, and Linda Do, who owns the fourth, told the city that they’re facing medical and financial issues and so asked that taxpayers acquire their dilapidated homes now instead of years in the future, when the city hopes to start work on the overpass project.

That didn’t fly last fall for Ward 3 Ald. Doris Turner, who voted to keep the Do purchase in committee while favoring the purchase of a home across the street that is in her ward. Luann Hickman, owner of the Third Ward house, got nearly $186,000, including money for moving expenses.

To compare that deal with the purchase of four uninhabitable homes for $106,000 would be to compare apples with oranges, Turner declared at an October council meeting when the deal in her ward went down. The houses across the street from Hickman’s house, she noted, are in terrible shape.

“They aren’t occupied, and nobody will ever be able to occupy them,” Turner told colleagues last fall. “That’s the main reason those properties were put back in committee.”

It’s not clear why Turner voted yes to the four-home purchase last month when she and her colleagues pulled the deal out of committee and approved it. She didn’t explain her reasons when she voted, nor did she return a phone call.

In voting yes, Ward 2 Ald. Shawn Gregory, whose ward includes the four houses, said that the city can save money by buying the homes now instead of in the future: The properties, he said last month, might be revitalized and so would be worth more than they are today. Ward 5 Ald. Andrew Proctor, who last fall echoed Turner in concerns about buying uninhabitable houses with public money for an unfunded railroad overpass, tells me that he was swayed by that logic when he said yes to the deal in December. “What really got me to vote yes was someone said somebody else could acquire it and possibly renovate it and it would cost more,” Proctor says. “You never know.”

Gail Simpson, Gregory’s predecessor on the council, calls rehab or redevelopment a longshot. “It hasn’t happened,” she says. “In other parts of the city, it hasn’t happened. There’s no will to do it.”

I’m not sure that revitalization would be a bad thing, since money to buy property for the unfunded overpass is coming from state and federal sources. The neighborhood could enjoy fixed-up houses until construction is ready to begin, if ever, then the state and feds would pay acquisition costs. Now, the city will demolish the houses and keep grass mowed while forgoing property taxes and waiting for a construction timetable.

Ward 7 Ald. Joe McMenamin, who voted against the purchase, says that the chances of rehab are zero. The city, he says, wasn’t forced to buy the homes. “There was no lawsuit threatened,” he said. “It was just poor decision making.”

Why, Simpson wonders, did the city buy the homes, and why did city officials allow the properties to fall into such disrepair?

“Why do you reward them (the owners) for continued bad behavior?” Simpson asks. “Because of all the ordinance violations, the city already should have those properties – they should belong to the city.”

It is fair to ask, Simpson says, what message this might send to others along the 19th Street corridor whose land is needed for unfunded overpasses on Ash Street and South Grand Avenue East. Will property owners keep lawns mowed and garbage picked up and roofs maintained and siding painted and property taxes paid or might they skimp, banking on getting bought out sooner rather than later?

Time will tell.

Contact Bruce Rushton at [email protected]



Source by www.illinoistimes.com

Tags: agricultureartsBlagojevichcapital citycultureeducationentertainmentenvironmentGlatzlive musiclocal foodmovementnewsnewsweeklypeacepoliticsSangamonsocial justiceTed Ralltourism
Share196Tweet123Share49
  • Trending
  • Comments
  • Latest
Van Morrison teams with Eric Clapton for anti-lockdown song

Van Morrison teams with Eric Clapton for anti-lockdown song

December 19, 2020
Sen. Rand Paul's ‘Festivus Report’ claims $54B in tax dollars was 'totally wasted'

Sen. Rand Paul’s ‘Festivus Report’ claims $54B in tax dollars was ‘totally wasted’

December 23, 2020
'Zombie' greenhouse gas lurks in permafrost beneath the Arctic Ocean

‘Zombie’ greenhouse gas lurks in permafrost beneath the Arctic Ocean

December 24, 2020
Scott Morrison holds a vial of AstraZeneca vaccine (file image)

AstraZeneca vaccines ready for rollout as Australia fast-tracks modified jabs

0
Fact check: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced he would defer his annual raise

Fact check: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced he would defer his annual raise

0
Swedish government sidelines epidemiologist who steered country's no lockdown experiment as deaths rise

Swedish government sidelines epidemiologist who steered country’s no lockdown experiment as deaths rise

0
Scott Morrison holds a vial of AstraZeneca vaccine (file image)

AstraZeneca vaccines ready for rollout as Australia fast-tracks modified jabs

March 4, 2021
Customers dine outdoors at Jack's Wife Freda's enclosed outdoor dining structure during a snowstorm amid the coronavirus pandemic in SoHo on Jan. 26, 2021, in New York City. The pandemic continues to burden restaurants and bars as businesses struggle to thrive with evolving government restrictions and social distancing plans made harder by inclement weather. (Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

Cuomo relaxes some NY COVID restrictions with one-shot J&J vaccines set to arrive

March 4, 2021
Elizabeth Olsen and Kathryn Hahn in Disney+'s 'WandaVision' (Courtesy of Marvel Studios).

With ‘WandaVision’ and ‘The Mandalorian,’ Disney+ has found its magic spell

March 4, 2021
Daily illinois - USA | News, Sports & Updates Web Magazine

Copyright © 2020 Dailyillinois.com.

Navigate Site

  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • DMCA
  • Sitemap
  • Write For Us

Follow Us

No Result
View All Result
  • About Us Page
  • Contact
  • DMCA Policy
  • Home 1
  • Privacy Policy
  • Submit, Guest Post, Write For Us and Become a Contributor
  • Terms of Use

Copyright © 2020 Dailyillinois.com.

This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.