Launching Sweet Home Chicago
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless (CCH) has launched an exciting Chicago-based housing campaign. CCH spent 18 months researching Chicago's affordable housing needs, developing an advocacy and organizing plan, and building the 12-member coalition that will run this multi-year campaign.
Honoring Stephanie Hooker, CCH Leader
Stephanie Hooker, 59, has become a fierce advocate for economic justice. Why does she fight to lift people out of poverty and homelessness? Because she has lived through the struggle, and now she travels around Illinois, telling her story "so that others don't have to go through what I went through."
A Capital Victory in 2009
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless (CCH) marked a new advocacy win this year: Gov. Pat Quinn signed a $31 billion capital budget that - for the first time in Illinois - includes funding for affordable housing.
With A Responsible State Budget, We Can All Do Better!
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless (CCH) has joined a statewide coalition of advocates, service providers, and labor groups in a collective push to get Illinois leaders to resolve the worsening state budget crisis.
Supporter Spotlight
What do a photographer, a bartender, a casting agent, and a lawyer have in common? They've joined forces, along with many others, to help the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless.
