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Chicago Sun Times: Creating, then punishing homelessness is cruel

Letters to the Editor Over the past several weeks, the Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness…
November 22, 2025 Read More

Block Club Chicago: City Plans On Closing North Park Homeless Encampment Next Year

The city said overnight camping bans will start being enforced in the first quarter of…
November 19, 2025 Read More

CCH Statement on U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s FY25 Notice of Funding Opportunity for Homeless Services

On November 13, 2025, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued a…
November 18, 2025 Read More

Chicago Reader: Many unhoused Chicagoans uncounted among the disappeared

Abductions by federal immigration agents follow recent evictions from city parks. by Katie Prout The Latino…
November 6, 2025 Read More

Chicago Reader: Profiting off precarity

Brian Goldstone’s book illuminates what’s behind the increasing numbers of “working homeless.” by Katie Prout On…
October 30, 2025 Read More

Mahalia shapes her students and her community 

Dr. Mahalia Crawford wants her students to understand that “homelessness is not just a personal…
October 21, 2025 Read More

Our Impact in 2024

4
People Impacted by Homelessness Met via Outreach
309
Legal Clients Served by the Law Project
2,692
Community Members Reached by our Speakers Bureau
2,220
Service Providers and Educators Trained

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76,375
People Experiencing Homelessness in Chicago

Source: 2024 Estimate of People Experiencing Homelessness in Chicago, IL

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