BlogNews Chicago City Council approves 2024 budget with marginal increases to tackle homelessness crisis By Sam Paler-Ponce November 20, 2023 Chicago's City Council greenlit the 2024 budget, allocating additional…Vanessa AlvarezNovember 20, 2023
Blog CCH advocacy leads to passage of three bills, increased funding for housing programs By Niya K. Kelly, Director of State Legislative Policy, Equity and Transformation During this successful…ErinSindewaldApril 13, 2022
Blog Springfield advocacy: CCH’s 2022 state legislative agenda By Niya K. Kelly, Director of State Legislative Policy, Equity and Transformation This year the Chicago…ErinSindewaldMarch 21, 2022
Blog Learn about our recent victories in our 2021 Annual Report We are grateful for the strong coalition of people with lived experience, community members,…ErinSindewaldMarch 18, 2022
Blog CCH Statement: Mayor’s budget adds significant new resources for combatting homelessness, but dedicated revenue still needed Mayor Lightfoot's 2022 budget proposal unveiled on September 20 provides significant new resources to address homelessness. The new funding…Vanessa AlvarezSeptember 23, 2021
Blog Illinois enacts state budget funding homeless programs Illinois General Assembly has concluded its 2018 legislative session. In its budget advocacy, Chicago Coalition…chicoalitionJune 5, 2018
Blog Homeless and housing cutbacks contested during state budget hearing By Niya Kelly, State Legislative Director Despite the General Assembly ending a record-setting two-year state…chicoalitionNovember 1, 2017
News WBEZ: Trump budget could hit Illinois’ homeless, domestic-violence agencies with ‘double-whammy’ By Dan Weissmann Local agencies that combat homelessness and domestic violence face a “double-whammy” of…chicoalitionMarch 10, 2017