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Podcast: City Cast Chicago
Episode: An Alderwoman Applied for Housing in 1993. She Got a Response Last Week.
Description: A tweet by 20th Ward Ald. Jeanette Taylor went viral last week. Taylor tweeted: “I first applied for an affordable housing voucher in 1993….Today in 2022 I finally got a letter telling me I made it to the top of the waiting list. I have no words.” Taylor talks to host Jacoby Cochran about how she thinks the Chicago Housing Authority is failing people in Chicago looking for affordable housing and what needs to change.Taylor’s Accountable Housing and Transparency OrdinanceHow to apply for CHA housingSome goo...