News The Night Ministry: COVID Continues to Create Barriers for Chicago’s Homeless Population The temperature is dropping on an already cold January morning. Still, Marcus, a client of…Vanessa AlvarezFebruary 28, 2022
News Photographer captures the ‘Faces of Homelessness’ of Chicago By Brenda RuizFeb. 8, 2:04 p.m. CT A ne exhbit and forthcoming book aim to pput…Vanessa AlvarezFebruary 8, 2022
News Chicago Suntimes: These are some of the faces of homelessness in Chicago, captured by Jeffrey Wolin By Mark Brown Feb 4, 2022, 11:00am CDT When photographer Jeffrey Wolin began work four years ago…Vanessa AlvarezFebruary 4, 2022
News Chalkbeat Chicago: Illinois Students missed a lot of school last year: it’s a sign that something isn’t working By Max Herman For the past 19 years, when students in Kane County have missed…Vanessa AlvarezJanuary 31, 2022
News Chicago Suntimes: ‘The need gets larger and larger’ By Neil Steinberg Jan. 23, 2022 The Night Ministry’s case manager Sylvia Hibbard checks on…Vanessa AlvarezJanuary 23, 2022
BlogNews CCH method for quantifying doubled-up homelessness published in leading housing policy journal By Sam Carlson, Manager of Research and Outreach On Monday, Housing Policy Debate published CCH…Vanessa AlvarezJanuary 21, 2022
News Counter Punch: At the Bottom of the Empire: Homelessness, Housing Injustice, and Jesse Jackson’s Call to “Eradicate Poverty” By DAVID MASCIOTRA Jan. 21, 2022 Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair “The bottom of the…Vanessa AlvarezJanuary 21, 2022
News WBEZ Chicago: Annual homeless count aims to bring resources to Chicago area’s unhoused By Brenda Ruiz Jan. 21, 2022 A homeless man Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, gathers his…Vanessa AlvarezJanuary 21, 2022
News WMC: As Eviction Crisis Looms, Advocates Fear an Increase in Child Removals By Susan Buttenwieser Jan. 12, 2021 In August, protesters demonstrated at the Supreme Court in support of…Vanessa AlvarezJanuary 12, 2022
News Rampant Magazine: Chicago’s Houselessness Is Entirely Avoidable By Tyler Zimmer The warmth of summer has left Chicago—and temperatures are steadily dropping as…Vanessa AlvarezDecember 16, 2021