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How a Landlord Can Participate in the Housing Choice Voucher Program (Suburban Cook County)

The Section 8 Rental Voucher Program (now called Housing Choice Voucher) increases affordable housing choices for very low-income households by allowing families to choose privately owned rental housing. More than 1.4 million households in the...

How to Get to Know and Solve Conflicts with Your Neighbors

Moving into a new neighborhood can be challenging in a lot of ways, especially when you feel lonely and different from most of your neighbors! You might think that your neighbors won't want to talk to you because you are new to the neighborhood,...

What is Car Sharing?

Car sharing is a type of business that allows members to borrow cars for personal use for an hourly fee. Members use car sharing as an alternative to owning a car or using public transportation. It can be most useful for grocery shopping,...

Blog Updates

MoveSmart this page!

MoveSmart this page buttonWe're incredibly excited to announce the first MoveSmart.org tool/widget:...

Bringing Fair Housing into the 21st Century: Recommendations for HUD

As the entire federal bureaucracy begins to use new media and share data under the direction of the White House's new Open Government Initiative, the ...

Sneak Peek: Tech Recommendations for HUD

At a lunch in Chicago this fall, Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Open Government Beth Noveck encouraged a group of civic sector techies to make recommendations about open government and data transparency for various bureacracies. Noveck...