Forum crowd shares views on housing challenges
By Tracy Moss
Friday July 11, 2008
Rick Danzl
Michael Ayers, executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, left, shakes hands with Bill Logan, Springfield public housing consultant, during a public forum at the David S. Palmer Arena in Danville on Thursday.
DANVILLE – Dwight Lucas grew up in public housing in Danville, so he knows as well as anyone that many of the stereotypes associated with public housing residents are not true.
People in public housing are not evil and are productive members of the community, said Lucas, executive director of the East Central Illinois Community Action Agency, a local nonprofit organization that provides a variety of social services and educational programs in the community.
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