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Unsafe elevators, shoddy record keeping and failed oversight at the CHA result in tenants, mostly elderly, living in fear of their own buildings, Part One of a BGA/WBEZ investigation finds.

For more than 50 years, the airport has been plagued by corruption and costly delays. The politically connected cash in. Meanwhile, passengers trudge through a transit hub that persistently underperforms.

A citywide program to keep elevators safe is broken when it comes to public housing for the city’s poor, Part Two of a BGA/WBEZ investigation reveals.

Since the beginning, O’Hare International Airport has been plagued by political connections, corruption schemes, even mob ties.

The Chicago Housing Authority paid millions of dollars to private contractors on building upgrades without addressing an aging fleet of elevators, Part Three of a BGA/WBEZ investigation finds.

As O’Hare International Airport grew to one of the busiest transportation hubs in the world, it has left in its wake a track record of costly delays, billions in spending, and decades of broken promises.

Hear from CHA tenants who say a functioning elevator is more than a luxury.

Use this database to check the status of CHA residents’ elevators — failed inspections, violations, 911 calls and maintenance records.

How Rahm Emanuel and City Colleges of Chicago create an illusion of success at the expense of education.