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Alumni Network

July 19, 2024

COMING SOON!

The CHA Alumni Network is here to help your family after you move to market rent from subsidized housing. We offer one-time financial help and information about programs and services to support your family in staying self-sufficient.

If you’ve been living in market rent housing for less than five years, you can apply for assistance. Eligible uses for funding include mortgage and rent payments, home repairs, and utility bills.

Resident Engagement in Community (REC)

July 19, 2024

The goal of Resident Engagement is to work together with residents and local groups to build a healthy and connected community. Our team often collaborates with different partners and residents to solve problems and improve life for everyone.

CHA, Brinshore and The Michaels Organization Celebrate Groundbreaking for Westhaven Park IID

July 10, 2023

City officials and residents today joined executives from the Chicago Housing Authority, along with its private sector partners, Brinshore Development, and The Michaels Organization, to celebrate the groundbreaking of Westhaven Park IID. Located at 135-155 N.

Press Releases

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.

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.

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.

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.

Property

Dickens Apartments

3621 W Dickens Ave Chicago, IL 60647

Dickens Apartments is a 34-unit property located in Chicago's Logan Square community. * Rental Assistance is provide 34 units through HUD's Mod Rehab program. Residents can apply to a Public Housing, Project Based Voucher or Housing Choice Voucher unit through a separate waitlist application. *