 In November , 1987 , Shiller 's first budget cycle , she recommended to the Budget Committee that the City cancel a federal grant for the Uptown Chicago Commission ( UCC ) , a 32 @-@ year @-@ old community group in Uptown that often contended on issues with the Heart of Uptown Coalition , of which Shiller was co @-@ chairman with Walter " Slim " Coleman . The recommendation came during Budget Committee hearings on the distribution of $ 95 @.@ 1 million in federal Community Development Block Grants . Mayor Washington 's budget recommendation included a $ 20 @,@ 000 grant to UCC to facilitate residents applying for home improvement loans . The UCC 's service area included the adjoining 48th Ward , whose Alderman Kathy Osterman also supported the funding . Shiller requested that the committee deny the UCC its grant . Shiller accused the UCC of helping developers displace low @-@ income Uptown residents . After heated debate , the Budget Committee voted 9 – 5 in favor of Shiller 's amendment to remove the grant for the UCC . 
