MORE INFORMATION• Go to www.chahousing.org for a list of numbers pulled in the lottery. The numbers also are posted at each public housing site and on the door at CHA’s office at 801 N. Holtzclaw Ave.• Chattanooga Housing Authority will host a meeting at 6 p.m. Oct. 25 at the Holtzclaw Avenue to tell landlords about the Housing Choice Voucher Program and answer any questions.Source: Chattanooga Housing Authority
Each number represented a person.
No one was there to hear, but Theresa Biggs called them out anyway.
“0747, 3231, 2796, 2294.”
She would call out 200 numbers before the housing voucher lottery was over, every one meaning the chance for a roof overhead for the lucky person chosen from among 5,000 applicants.