CHA News

Karen J. Forté is a rental property owner who currently rents to several families using Housing Choice Vouchers. Her business, Forté Property Management, has flourished with the help of CHA’s Owner Symposium. She started attending the event in 2009 and has found it to be an invaluable resource. 

Hundreds of property owners and industry professionals attended CHA’s 15th annual Owner Symposium last week. The Owner Symposium is an education and networking event designed to equip property owners, managers, realtors, brokers, investors and residential rental housing professionals with the timely tools and knowledge they need to strengthen communities and grow their business.

CHA leaders joined Mayor Johnson, The Habitat Company, Mount Sinai and the Illinois Housing Development Authority this month in North Lawndale to celebrate two Ogden Commons milestones: the grand opening of Phase A1 (92 units) and the groundbreaking of A2 (75 units).

Cabrini NOW is a community-driven planning and design effort to improve the Cabrini neighborhood through new housing and economic development on CHA properties. This plan will guide what gets built and how investments are made in the area. Cabrini NOW is all about making sure your voice is heard!

The Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) continues to make steady progress on its Restore Home initiative, fully restoring and leasing several multi-family buildings and single-family homes that were previously vacant due to extensive repair needs.

Among the Take Flight participants was Lanya Scott, who got a full scholarship to Loyola University to study nursing. She was inspired by her grandmother, who she’d take to doctor’s appointments when she was a young girl of six years old. 

CHA and Springboard to Success, CHA’s non-profit partner, hosted 200 incoming freshman who will be attending 60 schools locally and around the country at the annual Take Flight College Send-Off. This was the largest turnout in the event’s 14-year history.

Every year, CHA offers paid summer opportunities for residents ages 13-24 to provide early exposure to career and education pathways and opportunities that stem potential summer learning loss.