affordable housing

In this month's regular conversation with WCBU, Peoria Mayor Rita Ali discusses a broad range of topics, including the benefits of a plan to fund $20 million in Civic Center improvements.

The Peoria Planning and Zoning Commission will wait until next year to act on a proposed four-story, 60-unit senior housing complex on Peoria's near South Side.

Armeca Crawford is the new CEO of the Peoria Housing Authority. She previously worked in Detroit, Michigan as the chief operating officer of Resource Management at the Detroit Housing Commission.

In her latest monthly conversation with WCBU reporter Joe Deacon, Peoria Mayor Rita Ali discusses a range of topics that include her hopes for a new deal between Peoria Public Schools and the Peoria Federation of Teachers.

In a broad discussion with reporter Joe Deacon, Peoria City Council member Tim Riggenbach discusses neighborhood safety, affordable housing, rising energy costs, road construction, and how the needs of his district reflect those of all Peorians.

In her latest conversation with WCBU, Peoria Mayor Rita Ali discusses how to develop more affordable housing, how to reduce violent crime, providing basic city services under a cloud of escalating pension obligations, and more.

In her latest wide-ranging monthly conversation with WCBU reporter Joe Deacon, Peoria Mayor Ali discusses the police department's efforts to cut down on murder and violent crime, and its involvement in the Navin Jones case.

A California-based non-profit developer is dropping its plan to purchase the Prairie Vista Apartments in north Peoria and convert a majority of the units into affordable housing.

A corporation seeking to purchase the Prairie Vista Apartments on Peoria’s north side is seeking multifamily housing revenue bonds to fund the sale, but several neighborhood residents are concerned about how affordable housing will impact the area.

As she thanked all the people, businesses and organizations that collaborated to make the East Bluff Community Homes a reality, Jane Genzler called the affordable housing project “the tip of the iceberg.”