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March 2024 Board Update: Funding Approved for the Next Phase at Lathrop

July 18, 2024

CHA’s Board of Commissioners approved funding for Phase IC of the Lathrop redevelopment at March’s Board Meeting. This long-awaited third phase will focus on the Lathrop South campus (south of Diversey Avenue) and will address all remaining vacant buildings on the Lathrop site. 

Aerial shot of the first phase of redevelopment at Lathrop Homes

Six CHA Residents Graduate from UIC's Dental Assistance Program

July 18, 2024

CHA’s Workforce Opportunity Resource Center (WORC) celebrated six CHA residents who graduated from the UIC Mile Square Health Center as certified Dental Assistants.

Residents pose for a picture after graduating from Dental Assistant Program

500 New Affordable Apartments Open at Lawson House and Park Boulevard

July 18, 2024

In April 2024, CHA and its development partners marked the grand openings of two major affordable housing developments.

Ribbon Cutting at Lawson House

Shavon Nowell is one of the first CHA residents to move into a new home through Restore Home

July 18, 2024

Shavon Nowell is one of the first residents to occupy an apartment that was renovated under Restore Home. She had previously lived with her grandmother, who provided the financial support for housing. But when her grandmother died in November, Nowell and her three children were suddenly desperate for housing.

CHA Resident Shavon Nowell and her children at their new home

Board Update: More Housing Coming to State Street

July 18, 2024
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.
Rendering of Legends South Phase A3

Creating More Affordable Housing: Pedro Albizu Campos Apartments Opens

July 18, 2024

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.

Ribbon Cutting for Pedro Albizu Campos Apartments

Celebrating CHA Moms: The Daisie Foundation Mother's Day Makeover

July 18, 2024

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.

A CHA Mom receives her Mother's Day Makeover

Planning for the Future: Cabrini Now Kick-Off Event

July 18, 2024

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.

Residents and Community Members at the Cabrini Now Kickoff

Increasing Sustainability: CHA Switches on the Dearborn Microgrid

July 18, 2024

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.

Solar panels on the roof of Dearborn Homes

CHA Welcomes its 2024 Summer Intern Class

July 18, 2024

CHA welcomed its 2024 class of summer interns this month. Seventeen students are participating in the program – nearly all of them CHA residents. 

CHA Interns at their 2024 Summer Orientation