The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has announced that public housing authorities in Illinois will receive over $128-million to help make major large scale improvements to their public housing units. Several public housing authorities in west central Illinois are among those receiving monies. Among them the Knox County Housing Authority, receiving $668,600; Fulton County Housing Authority will receive $353,284; Warren County Housing Authority will be receiving $328,043; the Housing Authority of McDonough County will receive $357,560; the Peoria Housing Authority will receive over $2.2-million; the Housing Authority of Pekin will receive $202,682; and the Mason County Housing Authority will receive $55,976.