Angela Hurlock serves as the Interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Chicago Housing Authority. She has more than 20 years of experience in providing affordable, safe and environmentally efficient housing to low-income residents of Chicago. She was appointed by Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot in September 2019.
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The Chicago Housing Authority Board of Commissioners today approved an increase from 27 to 61 total Project Based Vouchers (PBVs) for the Humboldt Village housing development. Humboldt Village is an adaptive reuse of a former Chicago Public School Building (DeDuprey/Von Humboldt) located at 1417 N. Talman in the West Town community area.
The Chicago Housing Authority Board of Commissioners authorized $7.5 million in CHA funding 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.
While public housing residents have historically had access to mental health support services through third-party service providers, the CHA’s Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Health and Wellness Program is a first for the agency’s HCV participants.
For the fourth year, the Chicago Housing Authority (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.