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WTTW Chicago Tonight: Chicago, Illinois Advocates Hope Impact of Supreme Court’s Homelessness Ruling Muted Locally

Vanessa Alvarez

“Just because the Supreme Court has overturned this order doesn’t mean cities should just go into a mode of being reactionary and criminalizing people for biological necessities,” she said.... The post WTTW Chicago Tonight: Chicago, Illinois Advocates Hope Impact of Supreme Court’s Homelessness Ruling Muted Locally appeared first on Chicago Coalition to end Homelessness.

Chicago Tribune: In Chicago’s tent cities, ‘a multitude of challenges’ to address the city’s rising homelessness

Vanessa Alvarez

Two women, who asked not to be named, tend to a kitten dropped off at their tent encampment at a rail underpass in the 3000 block of West Chicago Avenue... The post Chicago Tribune: In Chicago’s tent cities, ‘a multitude of challenges’ to address the city’s rising homelessness appeared first on Chicago Coalition to end Homelessness.

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 the rights of people experiencing homelessness in a decision in the Johnson v. Grants Pass... The post CCH’s Response to the Supreme Court’s Decision to Criminalize Street Homelessness appeared first on Chicago Coalition to end Homelessness.

NBC NEWS: Three times as many people were experiencing homelessness in Chicago this year as migrant numbers surged

By Daniella Silva, June 10, 2024 Nearly 19,000 people were experiencing homelessness in Chicago in January, more than three times as many as last year, as the city struggled to... The post NBC NEWS: Three times as many people were experiencing homelessness in Chicago this year as migrant numbers surged appeared first on Chicago Coalition to end Homelessness.

WBEZ: Chicago’s homeless population increased threefold, a city snapshot shows, owing largely to migrants

By Tessa Weinberg, June 7, 2024 More than 18,800 Chicagoans experienced homelessness on a single night in January — a threefold increase over last year that was largely driven by... The post WBEZ: Chicago’s homeless population increased threefold, a city snapshot shows, owing largely to migrants appeared first on Chicago Coalition to end Homelessness.

WTTW: Number of Unhoused Chicagoans Tripled Amid Surge of Migrants, Survey Found

By Heather Cherone, June 7, 2024 The number of Chicagoans living in city shelters or on city streets tripled between January 2023 and January 2024, according to the annual survey... The post WTTW: Number of Unhoused Chicagoans Tripled Amid Surge of Migrants, Survey Found appeared first on Chicago Coalition to end Homelessness.

South Side Weekly: ‘Everyone Is Mad at the Wrong People’: Black Organizers Call for Focus and Nuance in the Affordable Housing Blame Game

Vanessa Alvarez

By Wendy Wei and Leslie Hurtado, April 29, 2024 While anti-migrant sentiments have been expressed by many Chicagoans of different backgrounds, much media focus has been on the Black community’s historical tension with... The post South Side Weekly: ‘Everyone Is Mad at the Wrong People’: Black Organizers Call for Focus and Nuance in the Affordable Housing Blame Game appeared first on Chicago Coalition to end Homelessness.

Joan Esposito: CCH’s Law Project and the SCOTUS

Vanessa Alvarez

Joan Esposito hears from Camilla Krauss, CCH Staff Attorney of the Law Project. Tune in at 1:41. The post Joan Esposito: CCH’s Law Project and the SCOTUS appeared first on Chicago Coalition to end Homelessness.

Chicago Defender: Legacy of Inequitable Housing Access–How a Black Family’s Story Echoes Today’s Fight

Vanessa Alvarez

By Tacuma Roeback, Chicago Defender Managing Editor Thanks to the efforts of Carl Hansberry and later the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., James Bevel, and Al Raby-led Chicago Freedom Movement,... The post Chicago Defender: Legacy of Inequitable Housing Access–How a Black Family’s Story Echoes Today’s Fight appeared first on Chicago Coalition to end Homelessness.

Oral Arguments Begin in Johnson v. Grants Pass Case, Determining the Constitutionality of Criminalizing Homelessness

Vanessa Alvarez

Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, alongside 27 partner organizations, filed an amicus brief, raising the importance of the case and the impact on people experiencing homelessness in Chicago and Illinois. The post Oral Arguments Begin in Johnson v. Grants Pass Case, Determining the Constitutionality of Criminalizing Homelessness appeared first on Chicago Coalition to end Homelessness.

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