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La Raza-Chicago obtendrá ayuda federal para combatir la falta de vivienda

Posted on May 20, 2023May 25, 2023 by Vanessa Álvarez

By La Raza, May 20, 2023

Según la Coalición para los Desamparados de Chicago, más de 65,000 habitantes de la ciudad no tienen hogar.

Durante su discurso inaugural el lunes, el alcalde Brandon Johnson prometió impulsar la propuesta conocida como “Bring Chicago Home”, que aumentaría los impuestos sobre las ventas de propiedades por valor de $1 millón o más en un esfuerzo por combatir la falta de vivienda en Chicago.

Fox 32-White House selects Chicago as partner city for initiative to combat homelessness

Posted on May 18, 2023May 25, 2023 by Vanessa Álvarez

By Kasey Chronis, May 18, 2023

“It speaks to the fact that we have a really significant problem with homelessness in Chicago. We have over 65,000 people that experience homelessness over the course of a year,” said Julie Dworkin, policy director, Chicago Coalition for the Homeless.

Through the initiative, the government will help selected cities navigate what they call a ‘maze’ of federal funding streams, but it’s unclear if any additional dollars will be provided.

WTTW-Chicago to Get Federal Help Fighting Homelessness, Officials Announce

Posted on May 18, 2023May 25, 2023 by Vanessa Álvarez

By Heather Cherone, May 18, 2023

Mayor Brandon Johnson took office Monday, after campaigning on a platform that called homelessness in Chicago a “moral crisis” exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 65,000 Chicagoans are unhoused, according to the Chicago Coalition of the Homeless.

In a statement, Johnson welcomed the assistance of the Biden administration in helping “our unsheltered neighbors find safe places to live.”

Block Club Chicago-Lincoln Square’s Diplomat Hotel Could Become Transitional Housing For People Experiencing Homelessness

Posted on May 16, 2023May 25, 2023 by Vanessa Álvarez

By Alex V. Hernandez, May 16, 2023

Chicago’s homeless population was already on the rise even before the pandemic. An estimated 65,611 people were experiencing homelessness in the city in 2020, according to a 2022 report from Chicago Coalition for the Homeless.

Most unhoused people in Chicago stay with others temporarily at some point throughout the year, research shows. Homelessness disproportionately impacts minorities, with Black people comprising more than half of unhoused Chicagoans, research shows.

WTTW-How Kennedy Expressway Construction Helped Get Unhoused Residents Into Housing

Posted on May 6, 2023May 8, 2023 by Vanessa Álvarez

By Erica Gunderson, May 6, 2023

Chicago Coalition for the Homeless street outreach organizer Ali Simmons said that’s when his organization and other advocacy groups became involved.

“IDOT reached out to us via email and wanted to have a large meeting with us and other individuals from DFSS, and they were informing us about the construction work that’s ready to take place and they wanted us to do outreach to individuals living in the construction zone and notify them of the construction and the fact that they were going to have to move from that area,” Simmons said.

Chicago For The People- Mayor-elect Johnson Forms Transition Committee and Subcommittees

Posted on April 27, 2023April 28, 2023 by Vanessa Álvarez

April 27, 2023

CHICAGO – Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson on Thursday announced the formation of the Chicago for the People Transition Committee and 11 Subcommittees. The Transition Committee and Subcommittees will be guided by leaders from Chicago’s business, activist, and government communities. Their work will culminate in a written report issued in the coming weeks to shape and guide the work of the new administration.

Reader-‘Why you talking to a bum?’

Posted on April 20, 2023April 25, 2023 by Vanessa Álvarez

By Katie Prout, April 20, 2023

There’s an irony in the public discourse around public safety,” Doug Schenkelberg, executive director of the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, said to me over the phone. It was March 28, one week before a mayoral election largely defined, in both local and national media, as a referendum on whether or not Chicagoans felt safe.

ABC7 Chicago- ABC7 Chicago with League of Women Voters and Univision, holds Chicago mayoral runoff debate

Posted on March 24, 2023March 24, 2023 by Vanessa Álvarez

By Judy Hsu and Ravi Baichwal, March 15, 2023

CHICAGO (WLS) — ABC7, Chicago’s most watched television station and the premier broadcaster of countless local debates for more than two decades, will showcase LIVE and COMMERCIAL-FREE, “VOTE 2023: THE RACE FOR CHICAGO MAYOR: THE PEOPLE’S FORUM,” Thursday, March 16, from 7 p.m. -8 p.m.. at the ABC7 Studios, 190 North State Street. ABC7 Eyewitness News anchors Judy Hsu and Ravi Baichwal will lead the 60-minute, commercial-free debate between the last two candidates standing in the Chicago mayoral runoff election in April, Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas. The candidates will square off as they also answer questions from ABC7 political reporter Craig Wall and Univision Chicago anchor Alex Hernandez. Various Chicago community groups have been invited to be part of the studio audience and may have an opportunity to ask questions.

WGN – Weekend News at Ten

Posted on March 15, 2023March 17, 2023 by Vanessa Álvarez

By Anna Savchenko, March 15, 2023

This is Chicago’s very own wgn news at 10. There’s less than a month to go before Chicagoans head to the polls to pick the city’s new mayor. The candidates took their messages to voters on the north and south sides today that has cut its been led is in the newsroom with more. Lauren Magiera: yeah, good evening, two events were held today including a public hearing organized by the Bring Chicago Home coalition who’s fighting to end homelessness and another organized by a group of community leaders who showed their support for one of the candidates. >> at a church in Logan Square to Bring Chicago Home coalition came together with community members. Also in attendance, mayoral candidate Brandon working. let’s get it both mayoral in aldermanic candidates were invited to the event. The Bring Chicago Home coalition wants to create yearly dedicated revenue to provide affordable housing and services to people facing homelessness.

WBEZ – ‘The CTA is their last resort’: A night out with the people helping homeless riders

Posted on March 15, 2023March 17, 2023 by Vanessa Álvarez

By Anna Savchenko, March 15, 2023

On a recent Thursday, all Malcolm Reed could think about was how to get his hands on a warm coat and a new pair of shoes.

He lost most of his belongings when he was forced out of O’Hare International Airport by Chicago police in mid-February along with dozens of other unhoused people. The airport had been a refuge on winter nights until national reports showed how many people were sleeping there — and the city cracked down.