News City Bureau: How Chicago Organizers Helped Unhoused Neighbors Vote It’s difficult to prioritize voting when you’re struggling with immediate needs, like housing. But advocates…SamanthaMarch 12, 2025
BlogFeatured Cold Weather Resources and How to Demand More As temperatures in Chicago drop to dangerous lows, the Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness (CCH)…Claire SlossFebruary 18, 2025
News Chicago Sun-Times: Chicago’s homelessness surged in 2024, as major U.S. cities bore the brunt of a national trend Even as migrants find permanent housing, the city’s problem persists with its lack of adequate…SamanthaJanuary 4, 2025
News WTTW: Number of Chicagoans Experiencing Homelessness Jumped 12%: New Report By Heather Cherone WTTW News The number of Chicagoans staying in city shelters, on city…SamanthaDecember 12, 2024
News WTTW: Advocates Urge City Not to Clear Out Humboldt Park Homeless Encampment By Abena Bediako Advocates for the unhoused community are not in favor of the city’s…SamanthaDecember 5, 2024
News Block Club Chicago: As City Moves To Clear Its Biggest Tent Encampment, Some Living In Humboldt Park ‘Refuse’ To Go by Ariel Parrella-Aureli Ariel Parrella-Aureli/Block Club Chicago Homeless outreach workers are urging the city to reconsider…SamanthaDecember 5, 2024
News WBEZ: Chicago is closing its biggest tent city but comes up short on promised apartments By Chip Mitchell Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times After crashing in a friend’s apartment for a couple nights, Porfirio…SamanthaDecember 4, 2024
News Chicago Tribune: Catholic Charities unveils showers for homeless in Chicago Link to photos Catholic Charities has built a shower and laundry facility in its St.…chicoalitionJune 19, 2018
Blog Family homelessness in Chicago: 10,000 families, almost 80% doubled-up The University of Chicago Urban Labs and CSH (Corporation for Supportive Housing) released a study…chicoalitionJune 15, 2018
News Chicago Tribune: ‘We don’t have nowhere to go’ – Confusion persists after delayed evictions of Lower Wacker homeless encampment By Tessa Weinberg The piercing whine of drills hitting concrete echoed across Lower Wacker Drive…chicoalitionJune 11, 2018