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George Cardenas with Matthew Brewer and Mayor Brandon Johnson

Chicago Housing Authority board power player, tax commissioner jump into mayoral race

Matthew Brewer and George Cardenas launch bids as the city grapples with a housing crunch, budget woes and stalled development

Vanessa Rhodes of Twenty Eleven Construction

Former Chicago Housing Authority official, construction company owner indicted in $4.8 million “kickback scheme”

Federal prosecutors allege duo steered work to a favored contractor and pocketed more than $421,000 as CHA turmoil deepens

Mayor Brandon Johnson and CHA board head Keith Pettigrew

Johnson’s effort to reassert Chicago Housing Authority power stymied by City Council vote

Mayor’s maneuver to oust opponents on housing authority board thwarted as leadership feud persists

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