The development at 421 N. Pennsylvania St. will include retail and office space and 213 residential apartment units.

The appointment comes after a number of investigations hit IHA last year, when federal auditors found missing documents and quality control issues in the agency.

Matthew Desmond is a sociologist and author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City.

Lake County and East Chicago could have new affordable housing by 2020 as part of a state tax credit program called Moving Forward.

One local group getting federal money is the John H. Boner Community Center - they'll get $585,000.

The deadline is looming for families in a lead-contaminated public housing complex to find new homes, but they don't have many affordable options.

A new bill in Congress would fast-track new affordable housing development in East Chicago.