Chicago Department of Housing

Mission: Chicago’s Department of Housing expands access and choice for residents and protects their right to quality homes that are affordable, safe, and healthy. Vision: Equitable distribution of resources across all 77 communities so that every Chicagoan can choose and remain in quality housing that’s affordable, safe and healthy. Values: Equitable | Collaborative | Dedicated | Resourceful The work of the Chicago Department of Housing is to develop and promote quality, affordable, safe and healthy homes across all 77 communities, putting Chicagoans proximate to resources they need to thrive at every age. This work is radical. It demands that we challenge systems. It requires our action and collaboration. It means fighting historically racist lending and investment policies, local resistance to progress and deeply rooted patterns of segregation in our city. It creates public stewards committed to building community wealth and housing as a human right.