Section 8 apartments in ZIP 60654, Chicago

ZIP 60654 covers the River North neighborhood in Chicago. The HUD rent benchmarks below help you compare this ZIP. Your housing authority sets its own applicable payment standard and approves the rent using household income, utilities and program rules.

Voucher discrimination is illegal here

Under the Chicago Fair Housing Ordinance, it is illegal for a landlord in Chicago to refuse an applicant because they use a housing voucher. This protection is stacked with Cook County’s ordinance and Illinois state law.

General information, not legal advice. For help with a specific case, use HUD’s fair-housing resources.

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Section 8 listings in the Chicago area

21 listings

No active listings are recorded in ZIP 60654. These are alternatives in the wider Chicago area; check each address.

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HUD rent benchmarks — ZIP 60654

Small-Area FMR · FY2027

HUD rent benchmarks — ZIP 60654, monthly dollars, fiscal year 2027
Bedrooms	HUD benchmark / mo
Studio	$2,520
1 bedroom	$2,670
2 bedrooms	$3,020
3 bedrooms	$3,880
4 bedrooms	$4,440

These are HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents, not an adopted housing authority payment standard or a guaranteed rent approval. Your authority determines assistance using its schedule, household income, voucher size and utility allowance. Rent reasonableness and inspection requirements also apply. How HUD vouchers work.

Landlord or comparing areas? See average rent and the ZIP vs county FMR breakdown for 60654.

Neighborhoods inside ZIP 60654

Section 8 apartments in River North

Housing authority contacts

Chicago Housing Authority

HUD PHA code IL002 · 54,082 HCV vouchers

HCV list: last checked closed

The voucher list was closed to new applications when checked. Ask how the next opening will be announced. This does not stop an existing voucher holder from searching for an apartment.

HCV (Section 8) waitlist is closed; it last opened for a lottery registration October 27 to November 24, 2014, and CHA will announce publicly and run a lottery before it reopens. Public Housing and Project-Based Voucher waitlists are open at applyonline.thecha.org. Client Center: 60 E. Van Buren St, 312-742-8500.

Checked October 18, 2026. Read the authority source.

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Address: 60 E. Van Buren Street, Chicago, IL
Phone: (312) 742-8500
Website: https://www.thecha.org/

Housing Authority of the County of Cook (HACC)

HUD PHA code IL025 · 14,142 HCV vouchers

HCV list: last checked closed

The voucher list was closed to new applications when checked. Ask how the next opening will be announced. This does not stop an existing voucher holder from searching for an apartment.

Tenant-based HCV waitlist is closed; applications were last taken October 19 to November 2, 2020. HACC says waitlists open periodically based on occupancy and opens short site-based Project-Based Voucher windows: a senior PBV list for Carefree Village took applications September 30 to October 2, 2026 through its RentCafe portal. Call (312) 663-5447.

Checked October 18, 2026. Read the authority source.

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Address: 175 W. Jackson Boulevard, Suite 350, Chicago, IL
Phone: (312) 663-5447
Website: https://www.thehacc.org/

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