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
News Tribune: Illinois should protect tenants, property owners from harms of ‘crime-free’ housing laws By Jenna Prochaska, February 23, 2024 After examining the serious harms and civil rights threats posed by…Vanessa AlvarezFebruary 23, 2024
News WTTW: With Ballot Decision Looming, Chicago Homeless Advocates Push for Support and Funding By Andrea Guthmann, February 19, 2024 The Chicago Coalition for the Homeless estimates more than…Vanessa AlvarezFebruary 19, 2024
News WGN: More on the Bring Chicago Home referendum On March 15, Chicago voters will have their say on a referendum that would raise…Vanessa AlvarezFebruary 13, 2024
News Chalkbeat: Many of Chicago’s migrant students may be entitled to bus service. But are schools telling them? By Reema Amin, Chalkbeat The 60-day shelter rule is “going to require families to move…Vanessa AlvarezJanuary 17, 2024
News Sun-Times: Blankets, gloves, a tent and some propane protect some homeless Chicagoans during ‘brutal’ cold snap By David Struett, Chicago Sun-Times The Chicago Coalition for the Homeless doesn’t perform street outreach, and…Vanessa AlvarezJanuary 16, 2024
News The Daily Line: Housing Industry, policy groups react to appointment of new city housing commissioner By Michael McDevitt (The Daily Line) Doug Schenkelberg, executive director of the Chicago Coalition for…Vanessa AlvarezJanuary 3, 2024
News WGN: Report Shows Homelessness Reaches a Record Level CCH's Executive Director Doug Schenkelberg talks to WGN-9 about reasons homelessness is up to record…Vanessa AlvarezDecember 18, 2023
News Latino News: ‘Doubling Up’ Homelessness: An Invisible Crisis By Jacqueline Cardenas (Latino News), December 15 2023 Over 68,000 Chicagoans are experiencing homelessness, and…Vanessa AlvarezDecember 15, 2023
News WTTW: What Homelessness Among Latinos Looks Like Amid Growing Need for Housing By Acacia Hernandez (WTTW), December 1, 2023 Research suggests that Latinos are dramatically underrepresented in…Vanessa AlvarezDecember 1, 2023