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CHA Residents Have One Day Left To Apply for 125, $2,000 S2S Scholarships

May 15, 2023

There is one day left for CHA residents to apply for 125 scholarships worth $2,000 apiece.

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UIC Grad Students Design Solutions for CHA Property, Win First Place in HUD Competition

April 28, 2023
CHICAGO (April 28, 2023) – Graduate students from the University of Illinois-Chicago recently scored the winning design for an underdeveloped Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) site as part of a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Innovation in Affordable Housing (IAH) Competition.
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Hospitality Training Program (Golden Diners)

July 19, 2024

You can earn money while you learn in the CHA Hospitality Training Program. Get paid for up to 9 months of training and work at CHA Golden Diners locations around Chicago. 

Connect with E&ES to get started. E&ES will help you get industry certifications in hospitality and food service so you're ready for a new job when the paid training is done. Sign up today to reach your career goals! 

Press Releases

CHA Residents Have Three Weeks Left To Apply for 125, $2,000 S2S Scholarships

April 24, 2023
The CHA/S2S Scholarship is available to current CHA public housing residents or Housing Choice Voucher participants who have at least a 2.0 GPA and are high school seniors or college undergraduates. There are three weeks left for CHA residents to apply.
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Inspections

June 24, 2024

Any housing unit selected by an HCV family must meet an acceptable level of health and safety, as established by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), before CHA can approve it for occupancy. Performance requirements and acceptability criteria are applied to each room as well as to the building exterior, heating and plumbing, and general health and safety of the unit.

Change of Ownership/Management

June 24, 2024

Selling or buying units? Changing property management? To ensure a smooth transition and avoid delays in payments or processing, property owners must notify CHA of any change in ownership or management as soon as possible – either immediately after closing or once management has been added or removed.

Property Owner Support

June 24, 2024
While in-person appointments and paper forms are available by request, CHA encourages everyone to try the remote and paperless system first. Digital requests are more easily tracked, which limits repeat requests and therefore processing delays.

Lease Management

June 24, 2024

As an HCV property owner or manager, you play a vital role in helping individuals and families find quality, safe and affordable housing. Like managing any rental property, managing a property in the HCV Program is an ongoing process. Here are some quick tips to help you along the way.

LevelUp (FSS) Information Session

Jun 3, 2025 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Virtual Orientation Session
Registrants are required to attend a full LevelUp Info Session to receive credit for attendance. Registrants will not be able to enter the LevelUp Info Session after a 5-minute grace period. If registrants are 5-minutes late or leave prior to session completion, they must register for another

LevelUp (FSS) Information Session

Jun 17, 2025 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Virtual Orientation Session
Registrants are required to attend a full LevelUp Info Session to receive credit for attendance. Registrants will not be able to enter the LevelUp Info Session after a 5-minute grace period. If registrants are 5-minutes late or leave prior to session completion, they must register for another