News South Side Weekly: ‘Everyone Is Mad at the Wrong People’: Black Organizers Call for Focus and Nuance in the Affordable Housing Blame Game By Wendy Wei and Leslie Hurtado, April 29, 2024 Wendy Benitez and her daughter walk down the sidewalk.…Vanessa AlvarezApril 29, 2024
News Chicago Defender: Legacy of Inequitable Housing Access–How a Black Family’s Story Echoes Today’s Fight A Chicago Defender article from 1946 that chronicles the Hemmons family becoming unhoused. By Tacuma…Vanessa AlvarezApril 22, 2024
News WTTW: A ‘Latino Voices’ Community Conversation: Homelessness in Chicago By Emily Soto, February 26, 2024 In CCH's most recent homeless estimate report, 90% of…Vanessa AlvarezFebruary 26, 2024
BlogEvents CCH honors community members who made our 2023 victories possible More than 100 community leaders, elected officials, and coalition members gathered at Grace Episcopal Church…ErinSindewaldJanuary 30, 2024
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
BlogStories National Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week: A reflection from Associate Board Advocacy Chair Lindsay Welbers In recognition of National Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week, CCH is sharing reflections from people who work…Vanessa AlvarezNovember 19, 2021
Blog As CPS identification of homeless students drops, CCH offers recommendations By Alyssa Phillips, Education Attorney The number of students identified as homeless in Chicago Public Schools (CPS)…Vanessa AlvarezAugust 19, 2021
News WTTW Chicago Tonight Black Voices: 1 in 7 CPS Students Experiences Homelessness, Study Finds By Marissa Nelson Taishi Neuman experienced homelessness when she was a sophomore in high school.…Vanessa AlvarezAugust 15, 2021
Blog CCH advocacy leads to two new bills removing barriers and $1 billion in housing funding Advocacy and organizing in Springfield this legislative session resulted in the passage of HB88 and…Vanessa AlvarezJune 1, 2021