In Rare Step, Cook County Reopens Waitlist For Suburban Housing Vouchers

It’s the first time in nearly 20 years that applications to join the waitlist are open.

By Zach Wilson
In Rare Step, Cook County Reopens Waitlist For Suburban Housing Vouchers
A rent sign displays outside apartment in Mount Prospect, Ill., Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. COVID-19 has created significant problems in the residential rental market, with dramatic increases and decreases in rents in certain regions of the country. Nam Y. Huh / AP Photo
In Rare Step, Cook County Reopens Waitlist For Suburban Housing Vouchers
A rent sign displays outside apartment in Mount Prospect, Ill., Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. COVID-19 has created significant problems in the residential rental market, with dramatic increases and decreases in rents in certain regions of the country. Nam Y. Huh / AP Photo

In Rare Step, Cook County Reopens Waitlist For Suburban Housing Vouchers

It’s the first time in nearly 20 years that applications to join the waitlist are open.

By Zach Wilson
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The Housing Choice Voucher program subsidizes some of the housing costs for suburban Cook County residents in need, currently helping 15,000 people make their payments each month.

Now, the county is accepting new applications for its waitlist for the first time since 2001. Reset brings on Rich Monocchio of the Housing Authority of Cook County for more on this issue.

GUEST: Rich Monocchio, executive director of the Housing Authority of Cook County

Executive Director of the Housing Authority of Cook County
Courtesy of Housing Authority of Cook County