Tenants of a 26-unit affordable housing apartment building in the Humboldt Park neighborhood are fighting the landlord’s decision not to renew the Section 8 contract with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Residents and community activists in Humboldt Park gathered Tuesday afternoon for a peace march and rally following Sunday’s wounding of an 8-year-old girl in a drive-by shooting.
The girl was at a barbecue in the 1000 block of North Monticello Avenue in Humboldt Park when someone inside a blue Dodge Charger drove by and opened fire, Chicago police said.
A 37-year-old woman was struck about 10:21 p.m. Aug. 3 while walking to her vehicle in the 3600 block of West Division Street, Chicago police said. She was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition with several broken bones and internal bleeding.