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‘Defense Area’ Redevelopment Brings Housing and Jobs to Madison County

Illinois Housing Development Authority provides crucial funding to build Emerald Ridge and create 80 local jobs

EAST ALTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 10, 2014.  In one year, a new development of 46 new rental single-family homes for working families will open on the former site of a World War II-era development known as the “Defense Area” properties of East Alton.

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As the state’s housing finance agency under Governor Pat Quinn, the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) allocated federal low-income…

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