As we inch our way to spring and anxiously await the arrival of Groundhog’s Day, the Carroll County housing staff has been working on Phase III of the Carroll Apartments patio/sidewalk project. This year we will be asking contractors to bid on three sections of the Carroll Apartments patio/sidewalks. Our plans detail new front sidewalks and front and back patios at Carroll Apartments units 1-4; new front sidewalks and front patios at units 9-12; new sidewalks and front patios for units 17-18 and 19-20; and new back patios for units 17-18. We are also investigating repositioning the downspouts to prevent heavy rains from washing out the ground by these buildings. We anticipate this project to begin in late spring/early summer of this year. Phase IV will be the final phase of this project and will occur in the summer of 2023. Watch our newsletter for further information as we get closer to the start of this project.

With the new year upon us, the Annual Lease Re-examinations will be fast approaching in February.  In the meantime, if you receive a letter from the Social Security Administration indicating your income for 2022, please bring it to the CCHA office and we will make a copy for your file.  Also, you should receive a letter the first week in January from our office regarding the required information needed to complete your re-examination.  If you do not receive the letter by January 14, 2022, please call our CCHA office immediately.  In addition, please either call or stop by the CCHA office to schedule your re-examination appointment.  Please be sure that all applicable forms are completed prior to your appointment.  It is especially important that the “Banking  Verification” form be taken to your banking institution a few weeks prior to your appointment to be completed, as a few local banks have to forward the paperwork to their office headquarters, which are in a different state, to be completed. As an important reminder, all re-examinations must be completed and forwarded to the Chicago HUD office by February 28, 2022.  Thus, if your re-examination is not completed by this date your Lease will not be renewed.