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HOUSING
& HOMELESSNESS INFORMATION
Chicago
Housing Authority-CHA
was
organized in 1937 to provide temporary housing for those
people whose incomes were insufficient to obtain "decent,
safe and sanitary dwellings" in the private market.
Homeless
Support Services Division, Chicago Department of Human
Services'
chief aim of the Homeless
Support Services Division (HSSD) is to enhance the capacity
of private, community-based not-for-profit organizations
to deliver services to people who are homeless in Chicago.
A secondary goal is to improve the homeless infrastructure,
providing guidance and funding to agencies engaged in
renovation and new construction.
Chicago
Department of Housing
website describes the different
affordable housing programs and services offered by the
city of Chicago.
Department
of Consumer Services
is responsible for protecting
the rights of consumers in Chicago. The Department receives
and investigates complaints in a variety of areas including
home repair fraud and rent fraud.
Illinois
Housing Development Authority
is the website for Illinois'
affordable housing finance agency. This agency helps people
of modest means buy houses, and helps build decent, safe
apartments at reasonable rents.
Housing
and Urban Development
Illinois State Office focuses
on expanding affordable single and multifamily housing
opportunities for all Americans, preservation of our low-
income housing stock, and more efficient disposition of
HUD's inventory of foreclosed properties.
The
White House, Commonly Requested Federal Services, Housing
provides a link service
for commonly requested Federal services in the area of
Housing. It provides more than a dozen descriptions of
links for information on such areas as rental housing
assistance, housing counseling services, lead hazard control,
and national flood insurance.
U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development
helps communities and States
establish a full continuum of housing and services designed
to assist homeless individuals and families achieve permanent
housing and self-sufficiency.
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