Press Releases

Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced the nomination of Eugene “Gene” Jones, Jr. as CEO of the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) after serving as Acting CEO since June of 2015.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced a final rule today to equip communities that receive HUD funding with data and tools to help them meet long-standing fair housing obligations in their use of HUD funds.

The Former Stateway Gardens Site Includes 475 Mixed Income Housing Units; Secretary Castro Highlights Mayor’s Commitment to Fair and Affordable Housing

On Thursday, February 5, 2015, The Resurrection Project (TRP) and Alderman Daniel “Danny” Solis, and community stakeholders will hold a shovel ceremony for Casa Querétaro, a new construction that will create 45 units of quality affordable housing in Pilsen.

The redevelopment of the building, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, will convert the existing 454 unit vacant building covering an entire city block between 46th and 47th, Wabash and Michigan into Rosenwald Courts, with 239 one and two- bedroom units of senior and family housing with a two-acre professionally landscaped interior courtyard.

Largest waitlist registration in the history of CHA

Easy-to-use website allows individuals to apply online for Public Housing, Housing Choice Voucher and Property Rental Assistance

The Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) today announced its support of an ordinance requiring all CHA contractors and subcontractors to pay their eligible employees a minimum wage of $13 per hour.

Lowers limit on exception payments, strikes balance of expanding housing options for low-income families in a fiscally responsible way

CHICAGO - CHA and CNA honor 100 CHA Youth heading off to college outside of Chicago. CEO Michael Merchant spoke about his experience at Morehouse College and how it shaped his future.