Wednesday news at One Story Up

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CHA transformation still faces tough odds - a Sun Times editorial outlines a recent report on Chicago's Plan for Transformation released by BPI.

U.S denies funds for poverty group - the Senate voted to deny housing funds to ACORN - the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now - after the Census Bureau also declined to work with the group after several cases of voter fraud.

Thousands of sex offenders live in public housing - A report from the New York city inspector general shows that there are 5,800 registered sex offenders living in the Big Apple's public housing, despite a 1997 law against it.

Surveillance cameras at Newark public housing credited with reducing crime - Newark recently installed 700 cameras in its public housing developments. Chicago has its own plan to install over 3,000 cameras this year.

Public housing units converted to low-income coops - Despite being overrun with sex offenders, New York's public housing authority has sold several of its properties to be managed by residents in housing coops. An interesting solution...