It takes 130 days to use a Chicago Housing Authority voucher – A City That Works

"The CHA waitlist to get a voucher is closed – which means families *can’t even apply*. The last time the waitlist opened was in 2014, when 75,000 families were added before it closed again. But there’s a big difference between getting a voucher and getting a place to live.  In 2022, only 58 percent of the households with a voucher searching for a place to rent in Suburban Cook County were successful."