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.

Many people might assume Gerardo Diuccio is the stereotypical mean landlord: On a recent afternoon he was at the Brooklyn Housing Court, trying to evict a tenant who has always paid her rent and has ...

Robert Gardner said he knew it was time to move after he came home to find his Valley Village apartment broken into and ransacked. He originally moved there for safety, a change the South L.A. native ...

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 ...

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WALNUT CREEK — Brittany Shoras has lived in the Four Seasons Apartments for the past decade, paying a little more than $1,100 a month in rent for her one-bedroom unit, the bulk subsidized by a Section ...

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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 ...

Back in October, the 55-year-old had endured two stays in the local hospital, first for double pneumonia and later for an ear infection. She had said goodbye to her 16-year-old beagle, Bella, an ...