Blog Chicago schools reopen Tuesday: Free CTA rides, legal aid available for homeless families facing school issues To encourage attendance when Chicago Public Schools reopen this Tuesday, September 3, the CTA is…chicoalitionSeptember 1, 2019
Blog Bring Chicago Home: Mayor alludes to using real estate transfer tax increase for homelessness and housing, but intention and plan remain unclear Advocates call on her to clarify her position and adopt a viable strategy At Thursdayās…chicoalitionAugust 30, 2019
Blog Bring Chicago Home: Community leaders rally outside ‘State of the City’ address, call on mayor’s broken promise on homelessness Before Mayor Lori Lightfoot revealed her projected budget deficit in a "State of the City"…chicoalitionAugust 29, 2019
Blog Twelve Illinois municipalities have now repealed unconstitutional panhandling ordinances Three Illinois municipalities voted this month to repeal unconstitutional panhandling ordinances, responding to a warning…chicoalitionAugust 29, 2019
Blog Support Youth Futures at Skender Foundation’s Oct. 17 fall fundraiser Chicago Coalition for the Homeless (CCH) is grateful to have been chosen as the beneficiary…ErinSindewaldAugust 28, 2019
Blog Bring Chicago Home: Community leaders converge on Mayor Lightfoot’s 100-Day celebration to denounce broken promise on homelessness Mayor vowed during campaign to support funding mechanism to reduce homelessness, now wants to confiscate…chicoalitionAugust 28, 2019
Blog New reentry legislation will bar housing discrimination based on an arrest, juvenile or sealed/expunged record By Mercedes G. GonzĆ”lez, Policy Specialist Reentry legislation dubbed the "Housing as a Human Right…chicoalitionAugust 26, 2019
Blog Asking for help is not a crime: Lawsuit challenges state and local panhandling restrictions Saying they have been punished just for asking for help, two men sued state and…chicoalitionAugust 21, 2019
Blog Bring Chicago Home: Advocates charge Mayor Lightfoot with breaking promise for major increase in aid to homeless; say sheās resurrecting ‘business as usual’ in city government Lightfootās decision to eliminate funding for homelessness from proposed tax increase on affluent property sales…chicoalitionAugust 20, 2019
Blog StreetLight Chicago: Book-a-Bed adds access to more youth shelter beds More beds have been added to Book-a-Bed! The shelter-access feature is offered on StreetLight Chicago,…chicoalitionAugust 16, 2019