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Update: Checking In On Public Housing In Cairo

Paul Sableman

After reports of unlivable conditions at public housing in Cairo, Illinois, The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development took over the Alexander County Housing Authority earlier this year.

Southern Illinoisan reporter Molly Parker has been following the story. Illinois Issues editor Jamey Dunn checked in with her recently for an update. 

You can read Parker's coverage of the situation in Cairo and the takeover of the Alexander Housing Authority here

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