Recipient of federal assistance · CHICAGO, IL

CHICAGO HOUSING AUTHORITY

CHICAGO HOUSING AUTHORITY received $1.2B in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 145 actions, −11% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $6.8B. Its largest awarding agency was Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing ($1.2B).

Assistance · FY2026
$1.2B
New awards
125
Actions
145
Since FY2021
$6.8B
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Location
CHICAGO, IL
State and local governments
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Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 968.1MFY2021
  2. 1BFY2022
  3. 1.1BFY2023
  4. 1.2BFY2024
  5. 1.3BFY2025
  6. 1.2BFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$984.2M83%
  2. Grants$199.1M17%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$980.4M83%
  2. 14.850 · Public Housing Operating Fund$136.9M12%
  3. 14.872 · Public Housing Capital Fund$57.9M4.9%
  4. 14.249 · Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy$3M0.3%
  5. 14.879 · Mainstream Vouchers$2.2M0.2%
  6. 14.856 · Lower Income Housing Assistance Program Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation$1.6M0.1%
  7. 14.896 · Family Self-Sufficiency Program$1.4M0.1%

Awarding agencies

  1. Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$1.2B99.7%
    Department of Housing and Urban Development
  2. Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development$3M0.3%
    Department of Housing and Urban Development

Largest awards

  1. PURPOSE: THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER (HCV) PROGRAM IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S MAJOR PROGRAM FOR ASSISTING VERY LOW-INCOME FAMILIES, THE…$344.4M
    14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers· Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing· Direct payment for specified use· May 22, 2026 – May 22, 2026· IL002VO1294
  2. PURPOSE: THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER (HCV) PROGRAM IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S MAJOR PROGRAM FOR ASSISTING VERY LOW-INCOME FAMILIES, THE…$210.4M
    14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers· Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing· Direct payment for specified use· Dec 22, 2025 – Jan 8, 2026· IL002VO1225
  3. PURPOSE: THE PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND (PH OPFUND) PROVIDES OPERATING SUBSIDIES TO HOUSING AUTHORITIES (HAS) TO ASSIST IN FUNDING THE…$188M
    14.850 · Public Housing Operating Fund· Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing· Formula grant· Dec 18, 2024 – Nov 20, 2025· IL00200100025D
  4. PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING$164.1M
    14.850 · Public Housing Operating Fund· Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing· Formula grant· Dec 14, 2022 – Aug 18, 2026· IL00200100023D
  5. PURPOSE: THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER (HCV) PROGRAM IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S MAJOR PROGRAM FOR ASSISTING VERY LOW-INCOME FAMILIES, THE…$140.3M
    14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers· Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing· Direct payment for specified use· Mar 24, 2026 – Mar 24, 2026· IL002VO1282
  6. PURPOSE: THE PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND (PH OPFUND) PROVIDES OPERATING SUBSIDIES TO HOUSING AUTHORITIES (HAS) TO ASSIST IN FUNDING THE…$120.3M
    14.850 · Public Housing Operating Fund· Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing· Formula grant· Dec 23, 2025 – Jun 24, 2026· IL00200100026D

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.