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…Vanessa AlvarezJuly 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…Vanessa AlvarezApril 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…Vanessa AlvarezApril 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…Vanessa AlvarezFebruary 6, 2023
BlogStories CCH Senior Attorney Reflects on Recent Civil Rights Victory for Ms. Julie Campos “It will take action”... to repair relations between the police and the community. Our client,…Vanessa AlvarezFebruary 2, 2023
Blog Hotel Toledo: Eviction Avoided In April of 2022, CCH learned that the owner of Hotel Toledo, a single room…Vanessa AlvarezJuly 12, 2022
BlogNewsPress Release Chicago Latina Files Lawsuit Challenging False Arrest By Chicago Police CHICAGO – A Chicago police officer’s obscene verbal tirade escalated into the officer’s physical assault…Vanessa AlvarezMay 26, 2022
Blog Class action settlement obtained for evicted tenants CCH and NCLC obtained a class action settlement for former Chicago tenants in a lawsuit…Vanessa AlvarezAugust 31, 2021