A $9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to improve Lakeside Tower in Waukegan may make significant inroads into the $20 million ownership promised to invest, but it will not happen immediately.
HUD awarded Lakeside Tower a $9 million grant on May 21 in Cincinnati as part of a 12-property, $67 million nationwide appropriation to support improvements for energy-efficient and energy-resilient renovations to housing for low-income people. “We’re taking care of the life-safety issues and making sure the building is habitable,” he said. “We have four maintenance workers working there all day, every day. There is a noticeable difference.”
“I’ve not noticed much change except making the lobby more presentable,” she said. “Only one elevator is working. They moved my cousin from the 14th floor to the third because of the new roof. All they got was a new refrigerator and stove.”