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Posted inHousing

CHA Falls Far Short in Housing Voucher Approvals

by Morley Musick February 3, 2021February 21, 2021

ore than ninety-five thousand Chicagoans rely on federally funded housing-choice vouchers to afford their apartments each month. The vouchers, commonly referred to as “Section 8” after the part of the 1937 Housing Act that mandated them, are distributed by the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) and pick up the cost left over after tenants pay thirty […]

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