The Brief
- Nearly 1,400 residents in Chicago Housing Authority properties were months behind in rent as of last year, a new report found.
- An agency watchdog also pointed out shortcomings in the CHA’s tracking and enforcement for delinquent tenants.
- A CHA spokesperson said it tries to work with tenants who are late on rent before evicting them, but it is adding to its enforcement efforts.
CHICAGO – Nearly 1,400 residents of Chicago Housing Authority properties were, on average, nearly two years behind on their rent with little enforcement to collect the money, according to a report from an agency watchdog.
In total, the housing authority was owed more than $10.4 million in late rent as of March 1, 2024, according to the report from the agency’s Office of Inspector General.
Despite the hundreds of tenants who were at least four months behind on their rent, the CHA legal office had only 124 pending eviction cases for nonpayment as of Feb. 16, 2024, the watchdog found.
Lack of tracking, enforcement
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