Estella Carter visited 15 landlords and registered with nearly 40 real estate agencies during her months-long search for an apartment earlier this year. She’d waited two years to get a Section 8 ...

"The city must guarantee family-sized units by ensuring that at least 20 percent of Housing Connect apartments are ...

After a four-year desperate search for a ticket out of an abusive household, Ella received one in the form a housing rental-voucher. She shed tears of relief — until she tried to find a landlord who ...

Tens of thousands of Chicago-area residents rely on federal rental assistance through the Housing Choice Voucher program, often referred to as Section 8, to help pay for rent in the private market.

For those struggling to afford housing, a Section 8 voucher is a ticket into the private housing market. But after receiving a voucher, renters frequently encounter apartment listings with caveats ...