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Report from 1:00 p.m. March 5, 2019, SHAC Monthly Meeting
Monthly Senior Housing Advisory Council (SHAC) meetings rotate among at least three subdivisions designated as South, Central, and North that have Pauline Wesley, Rosemary Coleman, and Perry Casey designated as their current respective SHAC subdivision presidents serving the CHA administration.
I attended the 1:00 p.m. March 5, 2019, SHAC monthly meeting at Albany Terrace Apartments, 3030 W 21st Place, the location of which was provided along with its time and date by Kathryn Dougherty, our Resident Services Manager (RSM/RSC), on her March monthly calendar. Like Hattie Callner Apartments, the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) administers Albany Terrace Apartments.
I added my contact information to a sign-in sheet but turned down the sandwich, chips, and drink offering. Then I entered a west-end high-ceilinged hall maybe three times wider and taller than the community room at Hattie Callner Apartments. Its array of seats were festooned with (1) bright orange, pink, yellow, or green “Agenda” sheets with red-flowered borders possibly influencing where some attendees chose to sit. This Agenda sheet was stapled to (2) a white “SHAC Comments, Concerns or Questions” halfsheet for participant questions, concerns, or comments during the meeting and (3) a https://www.ssa.gov text-&-graphics sheet entitled “With You Through Life’s Journey…” with which Nicole Joseph—a SSA retirement-benefits expert—launched a question & answer session with the meeting’s attendees about their retirement benefits.
After Nicole Joseph finished her SSA retirement-benefits Question & Answer session, a CHA employee somewhat familiar with the Agenda’s “CHA Updates” for the “CHA RAD Program” gave a talk and conducted a question & answer session on what RAD means to CHA tenants. This CHA employee obliquely explained that HUD required the CHA to break its residential-property slush fund† into financially manageable “LLC” buildings or projects to simplify analysis. This, in turn, allowed private institutional lenders to gain better insight into whether any particular developmental goals—that needed to be submitted as part of LLC-building or -project loan proposals—were worth the risk of a loan. Our building, at 855 West Aldine Avenue, was labeled “Hattie Callner Apartments, LLC” as Albany Terrace Apartments was labeled “Albany Terrace Apartments, LLC” for such considerations. ———————————— † In accounting terms, a “slush fund” describes a general ledger account of commingled funds, which does not have a designated purpose.
Then it might have been the SHAC North Local Advisory Council (LAC North) President, Perry Casey, who took command of the meeting (hereinafter “the MC”) to answer questions about SHAC financial transparency. ‡ I believe the MC might have said that, with some of the $5,000 received three times a year from the CHA by each of the three LACs, the LAC government bodies recently decided to provide some tickets to Hamilton, the Musical, for respective building property and resource managers to do with as they wished. When one of the attendees questioned the LACs’ financial transparency in handling money provided by the CHA, the MC appeared to take offense and expressed that he and any of the other two Senior LAC presidents would never wrongfully hide financial dealings concerning matters about which members of any of these three LACs had a right to know. In fact, the MC went so far as to say that any SHAC member could personally telephone him, and he would reveal where all the money is going that the particular member had any business knowing about. ———————————— ‡ The WBEZ 91.5 FM March 11, 2019, broadcast of “On The Media” (OTM) had a guest who defined transparency in government in the following way: “Transparency puts the government on notice that it could get caught.”
In politics, transparency is used as a means of fighting corruption by holding public officials accountable. When (a) a government's meetings are open to both the press and the public, (b) a government's budgets may be reviewed by anyone, and (c) a government's laws and decisions are open to discussion, that government is seen as transparent. Openness, accountability, and honesty define government transparency. The MC refused to be transparent with the CAC/SHAC budget so that LAC members know and have a say where money goes.
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1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ~ Senior Central SHAC Meeting ~ 1 March 05, 2019 @ 1 PM 1 1 Hosted by 1 1 Rosemary Coleman, LAC President 1 1 1 1 AGENDA 1 1 • Call to Order 1 1 1 1 . Welcome 1 1 1 1 • Prayer 1 1 • Guest 1 1 , Nicole Joseph I Social Security Administration 1 1 ...- CHA Updates 1 1 .,. Jewel Walton I CHA RAD Program 1 1 • Questions and Concerns 1 1 (Please writ e down all comments, concerns, or quest ions on the form provided) 1 ' 1 1 . Adjourning Meeting 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
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Chicago Housing Authority
Senior Programs Division
SHAC Comments, Concerns or Questions
Please do not read comment during meeting o No Cards Excepted After 1:10 P.M.
Comments, Concerns, or Questions:
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If you legally change your name due to marriage, divorce, or any other reason, let us know so you can get an updated Social Security card - and so we can accurately keep track of your earnings. Open a my Social Security account to verify your personal earnings and watch your future benefits grow over time.
If you lose your soul mate, we are there with benefits to help you get through the difficult time.
Securing today and tomorrow
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Your connection with Social Security starts at birth when you get your first Social Security card. That number remains your continuous link with us and helps us keep track of your work history to ensure you receive the benefits you deserve.
We help you plan for retirement with tools like my Social Security, the Retirement Estimator, and our online retirement application.
From your first job to your last, your employers have verified your Social Security number with us to help reduce fraud and improve the accuracy of your earnings records.
If the unexpected happens, we are there with disability benefits for you and your dependents.
~.t,. 71 percent of total benefits l.J!l4fllJ are paid to retired workers "JC"'t and their dependents.
The two Social Security Trust Funds~ Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASt) and Disability Insurance (DI) - will be able to pay all benefits in full and on time until 2034. Even if legislative changes are not made before 2034, we'll still be able to pay 79 percent of each benefit due. Social Security has always changed to meet the needs of the people we serve and will continue to help support you and your family.
Social Security Administration I Publication No. 05-10238 I June 20181 With You Through Life's Journey Roadmap I Produced at U.S. taxpayer expense
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LOCAL ADVISORY COUNCIL PRESIDENTS CENTRAL ADVISORY COUNCIL 243 E. 32ND ST, CHICAGO, IL 60616
Phone: (312) – 913-7828 Fax: (312) 225-4120 Revised 4/30/14 DEVELOPMENT ADDRESS PRESIDENT ADMIN SUPPORT OFFICE (312) FAX MONTHLY MEETING
Brooks Homes 1254 S. Loomis Chicago, IL 60608
Annie Davis Deborah Martin
(312) 786-3480 (312) 786-3454
(312) 455-1871
2nd Tuesday, 5:00 p.m.
Altgeld/ Murray Homes 987 E. 132nd ST. Chicago, IL 60827
Bernadette Williams Brenda Tillman (312) 786-3430 (312) 913-7647
(312) 913-7992 4th Tuesday, 1:00 p.m.
Cabrini-Green Rowhouse 530 W. Locust Chicago, IL 60610
Carol Steele Carolyn Willingham (312) 786-4070 (312) 786-3288
(312) 787-2296 4th Monday, 6:00 p.m.
Dearborn Homes 2940 S. State #104 Chicago, IL 60616
Carol Wallace Nazirah Safey-Ullah (312) 786-6632 (312) 913-7284
(312) 949-0409 4th Thursday, 4pm
Henry Horner Homes 123 N. Hoyne St Unit 1 Chicago, IL 60612
Charnae Harmon-Terry Letitia Woulard (312) 786-3146 (312) 786-3616
(312) 913-7866 3rd Wednesday, 5:30 p.m.
Lathrop Homes 2709 N Hoyne Chicago IL 60618
Titus Kerby Ethel Hodges (312) 786-3234 (312) 913-5822
(312) 913-7980 2nd Tuesday, 10:00 a.m.
Lawndale Area Scattered Site West
1325 S. Kedzie #204 Chicago, IL 60623
Charmeita Witherspoon Ronnie Jackson (312) 913-7734 (312) 913-7736
(312) 542-8801
3rd Thursday, 11:00 a.m.
TrumbullPark/Lowden Homes 2455 E. 106TH ST 1ST FL. Chicago, IL 60617
Myra King Kathleen Kendrick (312) 786-3148 (312) 745-2153 Trumbull - 2nd Wednesday, 5:00 p.m. Lowden-2nd Friday, 6:00 p.m.
Washington Park 3934 S. Prairie ST Chicago, IL 60653
Francine Washington
Jacqueline Mullen (773) 924-5389
(773) 924-5360 2nd Thursday, 10am or 2pm
Wentworth Garden 3770 S. Wentworth Chicago, IL 60609
Beatrice Harris Lorena Nellum (312) 913-7562 (312) 913-7564
(312) 786-6974 1st Tue, 5:00 p.m. Park District 3770 S. Wentworth
North East Scattered Site 4429 N. Clifton 2ND Chicago, IL 60640
Maria Sopena Kathryn Lewis (312) 783-3440 (312) 786-3272
(312) 786-3141 4th Thursday, 6:00-8:00
North Central Scattered Site 3551 W Palmer ST. Chicago, IL 60622
LAC OFFICE Contact the CAC
(312) 913-7828
Lawndale/Bridgeport Homes Office Pending Rosie Nettle Pending (312) 285-8644
SENIOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ADDRESS PRESIDENT ADMIN SUPPORT OFFICE FAX CELL MONTHLY MEETING
Senior North 1845 N. Larrabee #100 Chicago, IL 60614
Perry Casey Gloria Bradley (312) 913-5892 (312) 913-7432
(312) 913-7978 (312) 617-5425 3rd Thursday, 1pm
Senior Central 3030 W. 21ST Place, #224 Chicago, IL 60623
Rosemary Coleman Tracy Evans (312) 913-7394 (312) 786-4086
(312) 913-7271 (312) 545-0713
1st Tuesday, 2:30pm
Senior South 6401 S. Yale ST, 1ST Fl. Chicago, IL 60621
Pauline Wesley Shari Johnson (312) 913-7920 (312) 786-3416
(773) 488-5024 (312) 287-1996 2nd Tuesday,1:30pm
CAC Office Numbers 1. Francine Washington CAC Chairperson 312.913.7828 2. Carol Steele Vice Chairperson 312.786.3291 3. Maria Sopena Secretary 312.786.6604 4. Bernadette Williams Treasure 312.786.6616 5. Rosemary Coleman Senior Member
SHAC Meeting ReportAgendaSHAC Comments, Concerns or Questions SheetWith You Through Life'd Journey... from the SSA.Central Advisory Council (CAC) Local advisory Council (LAC) Presidents, Contact Information.