Access Living

MISSION
Access Living advocates for increased affordable, accessible and integrated housing options in Chicago communities. Through outreach and organizing, housing staff work to ensure compliance with disability rights laws in the design and construction of housing and to encourage the creation of more housing choices for people with disabilities and their families.

CHA Family Housing Wait List Lottery Opens!
Online Registration from June 14, 2010 - July 9, 2010

For the first time in a decade, the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) is opening its Family Housing Waiting List. This is the list used by the CHA to fill rental units as they become available in CHA-owned properties across the city.

There will be 40,000 families selected by lottery for this list. The lottery will be conducted at the end of a 4-week period during which anyone eligible can register for the lottery. Those selected will be offered housing as it becomes available.

Registering is FREE & easy:

• Go to www.chawaitlist.org during the registration period (June 14 - July 9, 2010)
• Fill out the registration form online
• Click Send

For eligibility guidelines, call 866-7-thecha (866-784-3242) or 311. To receive text updates on your cell phone, text INFO to 75309.

* For reasonable accommodations or to find out where you can get assistance completing the application, call 866-7-thecha (866-784-3242).