Is the Plan for Transformation causing residents to become homeless?
The process of relocation does not increase the risk of homelessness for CHA families. The CHA and resident leaders have agreed to a Relocation Rights Contract, which grants residents a legally enforceable right to return to public housing after redevelopment is completed and also states that the CHA will provide temporary housing to residents during redevelopment. In fact, all families have a replacement housing unit identified for them three months prior to their building closing. This ensures, that even if a family has not found a private market rental unit, or is ineligible for a voucher, the family will have a place to go when their building closes. Another concern is that non-lease holders who inhabited our buildings illegally will or have become homeless as a result of building closures and demolitions. The CHA works in conjunction with the Chicago Department of Human Services to identify non-leaseholders in buildings scheduled for closure and directs them to a variety of suppor
