Estella Carter visited 15 landlords and registered with nearly 40 real estate agencies during her months-long search for an apartment earlier this year. She’d waited two years to get a Section 8 ...

A woman sleeps in her car. Her neck is damaged, and she can’t work anymore as a hairdresser. But she does get a monthly check for her disability, so she has some income. She also holds a Section 8 ...

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.

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New legislation proposed by a Brooklyn congresswoman would make Section 8 recipients a protected class under federal housing law and slap steep fines on landlords who neglect their apartments in order ...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development cancelled a Section 8 housing assistance contract with a West Dayton apartment complex because ownership allegedly failed to remedy major health ...

For those struggling to afford housing, a Section 8 voucher is a ticket into the private housing market. But after receiving a voucher, renters frequently encounter apartment listings with caveats ...

OAKLAND — Peruse the rental housing listings on Craigslist and you’ll find ads that say “No Section 8.” There are landlords who accept cats and dogs but want no part of humans on the federal housing ...