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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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CST Editorial Board

Soccer facility plan lets CHA sidestep its pledge for public housing

The City Council approved the Chicago Fire soccer team’s plan to build a practice facility on CHA-owned land on the West Side. (City of Chicago photo)

Ald. Jeanette Taylor (20th) likely said it best as she watched her colleagues approve a multi-million dollar training center for the Chicago Fire soccer team on West Side land originally set aside for public housing:

“The [Chicago Housing Authority’s] Plan for Transformation has failed,” she said.

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