By Maddie Ellis, September 20, 2022
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In 2020, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development identified 5,390 people experiencing homelessness in Chicago.
But in a new report released Tuesday, the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless put forth a different count: 65,611.