At its September 2025 meeting, the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) Board of Commissioners approved several significant actions that will expand Project Based Vouchers (PBVs) in Humboldt Park and West Englewood, advance solar development at Altgeld Gardens, authorize the submission of the FY2026 Moving to Work annual plan and engage a new developer partner for the Clybourn and Larrabee site in the Cabrini Green area. The CHA Board approved three new Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) contracts that add PBV units to developments in Humboldt Park and West Englewood. The contracts will allow CHA residents greater choices in where to live.  

• Paseo 606 in Humboldt Park is a new 44-unit, 6-story elevator-served residential property. PBVs will assist 19 units.

• Branch of Hope in West Englewood was constructed in 2010 and consists of 100 units in two adjacent buildings serving adults needing comprehensive services. CHA is expanding its partnership in Chicago’s Plan to End Homelessness and increasing its PBV assistance from 58 to 68 units.

• Clara’s Village in West Englewood opened in 2008 and contains 52 units of permanent supportive housing for extremely low-income households with children. CHA is committing 40 Project-Based Vouchers to support units that were formally subsidized by the HUD Hearth Act Homeless Rental Subsidy Program, which expired Aug. 31, 2025. These PBVs guarantee housing stability for 40 formerly homeless families.