Article: CHA residents sent to Chicago Heights hotel

Chicago Heights officials tried but failed to prevent 38 families evacuated from CHA housing because of heat problems from moving into the south suburb's Hacienda Inn on Friday, according to Chicago Housing Authority residents and officials, as well as the hotel manager.

Four Chicago Heights police officers and a half-dozen officials were waiting when the first busload of CHA tenants arrived about 2 p.m. Friday, a CHA police officer said.

"The bus pulled up, and it was chaos. They were bum-rushing us with questions, and we didn't know anything. We thought it was a welcome wagon, but when we got off the bus, we ran back on," CHA resident Vanessa Miller said. The families eventually were ...

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