OVERVIEW
The Chicago Housing Authority provides homes to more than 63,000 households while supporting healthy communities in neighborhoods throughout the city. Designated a Moving to Work agency by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, CHA has used that flexibility to create innovative partnerships that expand choices and opportunities for the low-income families and individuals it serves. At the start of 2018, 63 percent of work-able CHA residents were working and earning a yearly average of almost $22,000
The Chicago Housing Authority is a municipal not-for-profit corporation, governed by a Board of Commissioners consisting of ten members. The commissioners are appointed by the Mayor.
Private Property Managers service 21,000 families at 65 properties. The four management companies that serve our Family, Senior, and Scattered Sites effective FY 2020, are:
- Manage Chicago, Inc
- Hispanic Housing Development Corporation
- East Lake Management
- The Habitat Company
Housing
Family
CHA provides housing to more than 50,000 families and individuals in Chicago and has a variety of opportunities available to help residents along their path toward self-sufficiency.
Senior
CHA operates almost 10,000 senior units across the City of Chicago and focuses on providing our seniors with a high quality of life.
Scattered Sites
CHA’s Scattered Site properties consist of nearly 2,800 public housing units scattered individually or in small groups throughout Chicago’s 77 communities and diverse housing populations. Scattered site units offer a variety of housing options including homes in newer construction condominium buildings, single family detached homes, and within market rate rental developments.
- Manage Chicago, Inc
433 W. 119th St.,
Chicago, IL 60628 773-449-5151
| Type | Property | Building Address |
| Family | Altgeld/Murray | 700-722 E 133RD PL |
| Scattered Sites | SS Region 4(2) | VARIOUS |
- Hispanic Housing Development Corporation
325 N. Wells St., 8th Fl., Chicago, IL 60654
312-602-6500
| Type | Property | Building |
| Family | Presbyterian Homes (Devon Place Apts.) | 1950 W DEVON AV |
| Scattered Sites | Horner - Westhaven | VARIOUS |
| SS Region 1 | VARIOUS | |
| SS Region 2 | VARIOUS | |
| Senior | Albany Terrace Apts. | 3030 W 21ST PL |
| Alfreda Barnett Duster | 150 S CAMPBELL AV | |
| Daniel Hudson Burnham | 1930 W LOYOLA AVE | |
| Elizabeth Davis | 440 N DRAKE AVE | |
| Elizabeth Woods Apts | 1845 N LARRABEE ST | |
| Ella Flag Young | 4645 N SHERIDAN RD | |
| Fisher Apts. | 5821 N BROADWAY ST | |
| Hattie Callner Apts | 855 W ALDINE AVE | |
| Irene McCoy Gaines | 3700 W CONGRESS PKWY | |
| Las Americas | 1611 S RACINE AVE | |
| Lidia Pucinska | 847 N GREENVIEW AV/ 838 N NOBLE ST | |
| Lorraine Hansberry | 5670 W LAKE ST | |
| Margaret Day Blake | 2140 N CLARK ST | |
| Maria Martinez | 2111 N HALSTED ST | |
| Mary Hartwell Catherwood | 3920-30-40 N CLARK ST | |
| Presbyterian Homes (Crowder Place Apts.) | 3801 N PINE GROVE AV | |
| Presbyterian Homes (Mulvey Place Apts.) | 416 W BARRY AV | |
| Schneider Apts. | 1750 W PETERSON AVE | |
| Wicker Park Apartments | 1414 N DAMEN 2020 W SCHILLER ST | |
| William Castleman | 4945 N SHERIDAN RD | |
| William Jones Apartments | 1447 S ASHLAND AV |
- East Lake Management Group
2850 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60616
312-842-5500
| Type | Property | Building Address |
| Family | ABLA | 1232-42 W 14TH ST |
| Bridgeport | 817-829 W 31ST ST | |
| Cabrini Rowhouse | 815-845 N CAMBRIDGE AV | |
| Dearborn Homes | 2701 S DEARBORN ST | |
| Domain Lofts | 900 N KINGSBURY ST | |
| Lake Parc Place | 3939 S LAKE PARK AV | |
| Lawndale Garden | 2701-2731 W 25TH ST | |
| Orchard Park | 873 N LARRABEE ST | |
| Wentworth Gardens | 239-257 W 37TH PL | |
| Scattered Sites | SS Region 3 | VARIOUS |
| Washington Park | VARIOUS | |
| Senior | Armour Square | 3120 S WENTWORTH AV |
| Flannery Apts. | 1507-31 N CLYBOURN AV | |
| Judge Green Apts. | 4030 S LAKE PARK AVE | |
| Judge Slater Apts. | 740 E 43RD ST 4218 S CTG GRV | |
| Lincoln Perry Apts. | 3245 S PRAIRIE AVE/ 243 E 43RD ST | |
| Long Life | 344 W 28TH PL | |
| Mary Jane Richardson-Jones | 4930 S LANGLEY AVE | |
| Maudelle Brown Bousfield Apts. | 4949 S COTTAGE GROVE | |
| Minnie Ripperton | 4250 S PRINCETON AVE | |
| Vivian Gordan Harsh Apts. | 4227 S OAKENWALD AV | |
| Zelda Ormes | 116 W ELM ST |
- The Habitat Company
350 W. Hubbard St., Suite 500, Chicago, IL 60654
312-527-5400
| Type | Property | Building Addres |
| Family | Harrison Courts | 2910 W HARRISON ST |
| Loomis Courts | 1314 W. 15TH ST | |
| Lowden | 202-212A W 95TH ST | |
| Trumbull | 2403-2409 E 105TH ST | |
| Senior | Ada S. Dennison-McKinley | 661 E 69TH ST |
| Britton Budd | 501 W SURF ST | |
| Caroline Hedger | 6400 N SHERIDAN RD | |
| Fannie Emanuel | 3916 W WASHINGTON BLVD | |
| Kenmore | 5040 N KENMORE | |
| Kenneth Campbell | 6360 S MINERVA AVE | |
| Mahalia Jackson | 9141/9177 S SOUTH CHICAGO AV | |
| Major Robert Lawrence | 655 W 65TH ST | |
| Patrick Sullivan Apts. | 1633 W MADISON ST | |
| Pomeroy | 5650 N KENMORE AVE | |
| Vivian Carter | 6401 S YALE AVE | |
| Water's Edge (Lathrop Elderly) | 2717 N LEAVITT ST |
Resources
Workforce Opportunity Resource Center (WORC) within Resident Services at CHA streamlines employment opportunities for residents and low-income individuals and builds capacity for resident-owned businesses to develop and grow.
The Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) offers affordable rental housing opportunities. Waitlists are open and you can apply at any time.
If you need assistance you can visit the Central Office located at 60 E Van Buren St or for all other Client Center needs, schedule an appointment here.
The Department of Procurement and Contracts (DPC) procures goods and services for the Chicago Housing Authority. CHA seeks to do business with firms and organizations that have the technical and financial capacity to provide quality products and services. CHA’s standards include industry best practices that promote accountability, transparency and efficiency in our procurement processes.