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.
Despite a California law prohibiting landlords from rejecting Section 8 tenants based solely on credit history, some of L.A.'s biggest landlords are still using credit checks to deny rental ...
The Section 8 housing assistance program, which helps over 5 million low-income families, is facing potential budget cuts and changes to eligibility requirements that could result in hundreds of ...