BlogFeaturedUpdates CCH’s 2025 Legislative Agenda The 2025 legislative session is underway, and CCH policy and organizing staff, along with our…SamanthaMarch 19, 2025
News Axios Chicago: Removing homeless encampments could be violation of human rights By Carrie Shepard Scott Olson/Getty Images State officials are reminding local governments that removing unhoused…SamanthaMarch 19, 2025
Blog Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness, ACLU of Illinois Peoria Chapter and ACLU of Illinois Respond to Peoria City Council Action on Ordinance Criminalizing Camping Outdoors in Public Spaces This week, the Peoria City Council voted 6-5 to narrowly adopt an ordinance that would…Claire SlossNovember 21, 2024
BlogUpdates Election Day 2024 is November 5: Here’s how to vote if you are experiencing homelessness By Niya K. Kelly, Director of State Legislative Policy, Equity and Transformation Key Dates September…Claire SlossOctober 17, 2024
News WTTW Chicago Tonight: Chicago, Illinois Advocates Hope Impact of Supreme Court’s Homelessness Ruling Muted Locally “Just because the Supreme Court has overturned this order doesn’t mean cities should just…chicoalitionJuly 2, 2024
BlogNews CCH’s Response to the Supreme Court’s Decision to Criminalize Street Homelessness Chicago Coalition for the Homeless (CCH) is deeply disappointed that the U.S. Supreme Court limited…chicoalitionJune 28, 2024
Joan Esposito hears from Camilla Krauss, CCH Staff Attorney of the Law Project. Tune in at 1:41. https://soundcloud.com/wcpt820/live-local-progressive-with-joan-esposito-april-26-2024
BlogNews Oral Arguments Begin in Johnson v. Grants Pass Case, Determining the Constitutionality of Criminalizing Homelessness Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, alongside 27 partner organizations, filed an amicus brief, raising the…chicoalitionApril 22, 2024
Blog Chicago Coalition for the Homeless and partners weigh in on high-profile U.S. Supreme Court case, Johnson v. Grants Pass By Sam Paler-Ponce, interim associate director of policy Chicago Coalition for the Homeless assembled 27…chicoalitionApril 3, 2024
Press Release Chicago Pays Settlement to Latina Mother After Police Officer’s Obscene Verbal Tirade, False Arrest, and Detention PRESS RELEASE Contact: Ed Yohnka, ACLU of Illinois, 847-687-1129 Vanessa Alvarez, Chicago Coalition…chicoalitionFebruary 6, 2023