She fell behind on rent. Then her landlord sued. Then the Chicago Housing Authority threatened to terminate her voucher.
Tag: Section 8
Posted inArts & Culture
The myth of housing mobility
The Voucher Promise chronicles the “illusions” of Section 8.
Posted inBlogs
National Public Housing Museum’s new show informs, memorializes, but doesn’t point fingers
The museum, slated to open on the west side in 2018, gives audiences a taste of its curatorial approach at Archeworks
Posted inBlogs
How Chicago’s Section 8 voucher voting bloc could sway local elections
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
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 inBest of Chicago
A block in Oakland is an oasis, and a tale of segregation
The 4100 block of South Berkeley Avenue might be beautiful, but it has a troubled history.
Posted inBlogs
Armed with new data, the Chicago Housing Authority plans to give ‘supervouchers’ another try
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?
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
The CHA worries about mass displacement, but advocates worry voucher holders will be stuck where they are.
Posted inNews & Politics
The CHA’s ‘supervoucher’ program: a desegregation strategy that never was
Politics killed this pro-integration program before it had a chance to succeed.
Posted inBlogs
Police officer Jason Van Dyke doesn’t want to attend his own murder trial, and more Chicago news
RIP Winnetka Section Eight voucher holder, Anthony Bourdain explores Chicago, a speculative history of Carmelo Anthony as a Bull, and more news.
Posted inFilm
The Butler: The anti-Gump
In Lee Daniels’s The Butler, painful social realities collide with delirious fantasy.