News Chicago Tribune: In Chicago’s tent cities, ‘a multitude of challenges’ to address the city’s rising homelessness Two women, who asked not to be named, tend to a kitten dropped off at…Vanessa AlvarezJuly 1, 2024
News WBEZ: Chicago’s homeless population increased threefold, a city snapshot shows, owing largely to migrants By Tessa Weinberg, June 7, 2024 More than 18,800 Chicagoans experienced homelessness on a single…chicoalitionJune 7, 2024
News Chicago Defender: Legacy of Inequitable Housing Access–How a Black Family’s Story Echoes Today’s Fight A Chicago Defender article from 1946 that chronicles the Hemmons family becoming unhoused. By Tacuma…Vanessa AlvarezApril 22, 2024
BlogFeatured CCH’s Post-Election Statement as a Member of Bring Chicago Home Sharing and building power is how we address homelessness in Chicago. In 2017, a group…Vanessa AlvarezMarch 20, 2024
News Tribune: Bring Chicago Home–What voters need to know about the referendum Bring Chicago Home coalition members rally in front of the Thompson Center on November 7,…Vanessa AlvarezMarch 18, 2024
Blog Want to help win Bring Chicago Home on March 19? Here’s how to vote if you are experiencing homelessness The Importance of Voting This upcoming election holds a special significance for Chicago Coalition for…Vanessa AlvarezMarch 13, 2024
News Sun-Times: Housing loss, rising rents, evictions: How Chicago’s homelessness problem evolved Sun Times Affordable Housing By Alden Loury, Mar 9, 2024 A WBEZ analysis of Zillow…Vanessa AlvarezMarch 9, 2024
News ABC7: Public safety concerns around homelessness in Chicago as crisis grows By Chuck Goudie and Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel, Tom Jones, Maggie Green and Adriana Aguilar on Thursday, February…Vanessa AlvarezFebruary 29, 2024
News WBEZ: Chicago’s elections board plans to appeal a ruling that invalidates tax referendum By Tessa Weinberg, Feb 27, 2024 The Chicago Board of Election Commissioners decided Tuesday it…Vanessa AlvarezFebruary 27, 2024
News WTTW: Program Tries To Reach Homeless ‘Where They’re At’ — On CTA Trains By Rachel Hinton — Block Club Chicago | Nick Blumberg on February 19, 2024 In the first nine…Vanessa AlvarezFebruary 24, 2024