News Streetwise: Right to Recovery Coalition Challenges Mayor’s Budget By Suzanne Hanney The Right to Recovery Coalition would agree with Mayor Lori Lightfoot that…Vanessa AlvarezSeptember 20, 2021
News Chicago Sun-Times: CPS students facing housing insecurity eligible for one-time $500 checks The payments will be part of the city’s efforts to reengage thousands of children who…Vanessa AlvarezSeptember 9, 2021
News WTTW: Advocates: Providing Free Feminine Hygiene Products to the Homeless a ‘Step in the Right Direction’ By Kristen Thometz A new Illinois law signed this month by Gov. J.B. Pritzker will…Vanessa AlvarezAugust 19, 2021
News WTTW Chicago Tonight Black Voices: 1 in 7 CPS Students Experiences Homelessness, Study Finds By Marissa Nelson Taishi Neuman experienced homelessness when she was a sophomore in high school.…Vanessa AlvarezAugust 15, 2021
News Crain’s Chicago Business: Community colleges can now build affordable housing close to campus—here’s how it can help vulnerable students You read that right: A new law sets the stage for community colleges to build…Vanessa AlvarezAugust 6, 2021
News Chicago Defender: Bring Chicago Home Addresses Affordable Housing Crisis in Chicago By Chante Gamby, Contributing Writer Bring Chicago Home (BCH), a grassroots advocacy organization within the…Vanessa AlvarezJuly 27, 2021
News NPR Illinois: Pritzker Signs Law To Help Homeless Higher Education Students By Maureen Foertsch McKinney When he was a homeless freshman at the University of Illinois…Vanessa AlvarezJuly 21, 2021
News WTTW: Advocates Call for More Resources for Homelessness as Eviction Ban Ends By Kristen Thometz Chatham resident Edrika Fulford knows what it’s like to be homeless. After…Vanessa AlvarezJuly 14, 2021
News WTTW Chicago Tonight Latino Voices: End of Eviction Ban Expected to Push More People Onto Streets By Erica Gunderson Over the past year, a small group of people experiencing homelessness have…Vanessa AlvarezJuly 10, 2021
News NBC5 Chicago: Fireman’s Park Homeless Residents Don’t Want City to Force Them Out A half-dozen homeless people living in an Avondale park say the city wants to remove…Vanessa AlvarezJuly 8, 2021