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Hear From Tenants Forced To Rely On CHA’s Malfunctioning Elevators

Elevators aren’t a luxury for some tenants of Chicago’s public housing buildings -- they’re a necessity.

By  WBEZ Staff and Better Government Association
   
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A collage of portraits of CHA tenants

Alejandra Cancino, Odette Yousef, Madison Hopkins

Elevators aren’t a luxury for some tenants of Chicago’s public housing buildings — they’re a necessity.

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