CHA’s Board authorized $7.5 million in CHA funding this month for the next rental phase at Legends South. This investment continues CHA’s commitment to redevelop the former Robert Taylor Homes site and the State Street Corridor.
CHA joined elected officials and community partners May 17 for the ribbon-cutting of the Pedro Albizu Campos Apartments in Humboldt Park.
CHA is providing Project Based Vouchers for 31 of Pedro Albizu’s Campos’ 63 apartments. That’s an investment of more than $22 million in rental assistance over the next 30 years.
For the fourth year, the CHA partnered with the Daisie Foundation, a non-profit that specializes in random acts of kindness, for a special Mother’s Day Makeover Celebration honoring 100 CHA residents at Hyatt Place Chicago.
CHA hosted the “Cabrini Now” kickoff meeting on May 8 at Ogden-Jenner Elementary School. Cabrini Now is a community-driven planning and design effort to improve the Cabrini neighborhood through new housing and economic development on CHA properties.
CHA celebrated the ceremonial “switching on” of the Bronzeville Community Microgrid this month at Dearborn Homes – one of the nation’s first neighborhood scale community microgrids – and an important milestone in CHA’s sustainability efforts.
June is National Homeownership Month. To celebrate, the CHA HOME Team hosted the 2nd Annual Homeownership Symposium, on Saturday, June 8 at the UIC Student Center. With over 200 attendees, the event was a vibrant and informative gathering focused on "all things Homeownership."
CHA joined partners from Chicago House, the City of Chicago, State of Illinois and the Pritzker Family Foundation this month to celebrate the ribbon-cutting at Englewood Family Homes, the first permanent supportive housing development for families living with HIV or AIDS on the South Side.
CHA and its partner Jonathan Rose Companies proudly celebrated the $86 million renovation of the 272-unit Barbara Jean Wright Court Apartments this month with a ribbon-cutting at the property on the Near West Side.
Earlier this year, CHA employees collected a variety of puzzles and puzzle books to donate to CHA seniors. One of the donated puzzles was the clear 100-piece “Impossible Puzzle,” which included multiple fake corner and edge pieces scattered throughout the puzzle.
