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Home » Housing Choice Vouchers

Tag: Housing Choice Vouchers

Posted inArts & Culture

The myth of housing mobility

by Maya Dukmasova July 16, 2020August 18, 2021

The Voucher Promise chronicles the “illusions” of Section 8.

Posted inBlogs

How Chicago’s Section 8 voucher voting bloc could sway local elections

by Maya Dukmasova October 20, 2017August 18, 2021

Households in the rental assistance program are a significant (and significantly overlooked) constituency in Chicago.

Posted inNews & Politics

The Chicago Housing Authority’s sleeping giant

by Maya Dukmasova October 18, 2017August 18, 2021

The CHA provides Section 8 vouchers to tens of thousands of low-income households. Is the agency trying to keep them from realizing their collective power?

Posted inBlogs

Armed with new data, the Chicago Housing Authority plans to give ‘supervouchers’ another try

by Maya Dukmasova June 8, 2017August 18, 2021

When the CHA scaled back supervouchers, people with disabilities were hurt the most, a new study finds.

Posted inBlogs

What will a Ben Carson-led HUD mean for the CHA?

by Maya Dukmasova January 4, 2017August 18, 2021

The Chicago Housing Authority has more autonomy than other local agencies, but that won’t totally protect it from major Congressional budget cuts.

Posted inBlogs

HUD proposal to tie Section 8 rents to zip codes worries housing advocates and the CHA—for different reasons

by Maya Dukmasova September 9, 2016August 18, 2021

The CHA worries about mass displacement, but advocates worry voucher holders will be stuck where they are.

Lathrop Homes, one of the country's first public housing developments and the second in Chicago, was entered into the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.
Posted inNews & Politics

The fight to preserve a model public housing project

by Maya Dukmasova June 12, 2014August 18, 2021

Lathrop Homes has long been one of CHA’s most diverse and successful properties. But today it’s a shell of its former self.

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