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. González, Policy Specialist Reentry legislation dubbed the "Housing as a Human Right…chicoalitionAugust 26, 2019
Blog Bring Chicago Home: Majority of Chicago aldermen sign onto proposal to combat homelessness Proposal Would Fulfill Mayor’s Campaign Promise by Increasing One-Time Tax on Sales of Properties Worth…Vanessa AlvarezJuly 24, 2019
Blog CCH advocacy leads to passage of state bills to remove barriers By Niya Kelly, State Legislative Director During this successful legislative session CCH's policy and organizing…Vanessa AlvarezJune 7, 2019
Blog CCH statement: Illinois cannot wait any longer for a fair tax Chicago Coalition for the Homeless and our state network applaud the growing momentum for a…chicoalitionMay 23, 2019
Blog Bring Chicago Home: Homeless advocates denounce Ald. O’Connor’s misrepresentations; say he was instrumental in delaying bid for ballot referendum After motion to stall public hearing on the measure appeared to fail, O’Connor permitted repeated…Vanessa AlvarezMarch 11, 2019
Blog CCH statement on Gov. Pritzker’s first state budget address Chicago Coalition for the Homeless (CCH) applauds Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s recognition that addressing homelessness and…chicoalitionFebruary 20, 2019
Blog Bring Chicago Home: Advocates call on city to prioritize aid for homeless people after court permits their ouster from public property City defends controversial tactics targeting homeless people, even as it opposes a measure to reduce…chicoalitionJanuary 22, 2019
Blog Bring Chicago Home takes step forward Measure that would end homelessness for nearly 36,000 in first 10 years survives often-fatal duel…Vanessa AlvarezNovember 13, 2018
News NPR Illinois: State boosts monthly aid to needy families Maxica Williams, pictured with three of her children, appeared before a state legislative committee to…chicoalitionSeptember 27, 2018