Government-Subsidized Affordable Housing
The assisted housing stock in Lake County is developed or purchased utilizing
subsidies from a number of federal, state, and local programs, including Low-Income
Housing Tax Credits, State Historic Tax Credits, Project-Based Vouchers, Illinois
Housing Development Authority Trust Funds, HUD Public Housing funds, Housing
Choice Vouchers, and local HOME Investment Partnerships Program, Community
Development Block Grant, and Lake County Affordable Housing Program funds.
Public Housing and Housing Choice Vouchers
The Lake County Housing Authority (LCHA) oversees 620 units of public housing units
in seven multifamily buildings, 125 units of townhomes, and 163 scattered-site singlefamily homes. LCHA’s rental buildings for seniors are located in Antioch, Grayslake,
Gurnee, Round Lake Beach, Wauconda, and Zion. The anticipated demolition by mid2014 of LCHA’s 125 units of townhomes for families is anticipated to be followed by new
construction of 186 units, also in North Chicago. LCHA’s scattered-site houses for
families are separated into:
Scattered Sites East: Beach Park, Grayslake, Gurnee, Lake Bluff, Lincolnshire,
Mundelein, Palatine, Prairie View, Wadsworth, Unincorporated Waukegan, and
Zion
Scattered Sites West: Antioch, Barrington, Gages Lake, Ingleside, Island Lake,
Lake Villa, Lake Zurich, Lindenhurst, McHenry, Round Lake, Wauconda, and
Wildwood
Various floor plans are available for residents who require wheelchair accessibility.
Resident Characteristics
HUD regularly reports data on the characteristics of subsidized housing program
participants. The following Exhibit III-48 illustrates such summary characteristics:
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