2008

– Homeless students face tough hurdles, Chicago Sun-Times, 12/14/08

– Chicago homeless hard hit by economic recession, Medill Reports, 12/12/08

– What’s up with that? Time Out Chicago, 12/11/08-12/17/08 

– Trains no longer home for the homeless, Chicago Sun-Times, 12/8/08

– Poll vaulting, Time Out Chicago, 10/30/08 – 11/5/08

– Housing activists make grassroots push, Progress Illinois, 11/3/08

– Voter registration drive targets homeless, WBEZ Public Radio, 9/30/08.

– Chicago rock pioneer Bo Diddley dead at 79, Chicago Sun-Times, 6/02/08. 

– Tim Unsworth, a longtime NCR columnist, dies, The National Catholic Reporter, 5/1/08

– An issue we can’t afford to lose sight of, Chicago Tribune, 4/20/08

– Chicago housing authority to hold lottery for section 8 voucher waiting list CHA is holding lottery, but openings are limited, Chicago Tribune, 4/17/08

– Area apartment rents ‘out of reach’ according to report, affordable housing is getting harder to find, Chicago Tribune, 4/08/08

– Youth sleep-outs by the state capitol, all-day rally April 9, 2008

– Obama’s church battles `Negative Forces’ in uproar over pastor, Bloomberg News, 3/26/08 

– Courtroom not the place to determine school matters, SouthtownStar, 2/24/08

– State can help kids get second chance, Daily Herald, 2/11/08

– Homeless crowd into police stations, Chicago Sun-Times, 1/21/08

– ‘Freakonomics’ researcher examines Chicago’s sex trade, Chicago Tribune, 1/11/08

– Social workers criticize study of Chicago sex trade, Associated Press, 1/11/08

2007

– State’s homeless youth need better resources, WBEZ, 12/20/07

– CCH pushes for change at the Heartland Presidential Forum, 12/08

– CCH staffer and Vietnam veteran José Vásquez, Hoy, 11/11/07

 

– CCH thanks Wilco for Millenium Park benefit concert

– City finds some success in steering homeless to permanent housing, Chicago Sun-Times, 9/19/07

– Crowded shelters may hit record for ‘turn aways’ this year, Chicago Sun-Times, 9/18/07

– Women face fight for spots in city’s shelters, Chicago Sun-Times, 9/16/07

– How a Bill Becomes a Law: The story of one campaign’s struggle for affordable housing, DePaul Journal for Social Justice, Fall 2007. Written by CCH Policy Director Julie Dworkin.

2006

– Chicago’s Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness, Chicago Tribune, 1/20/06

2005

– Homeless Group Remembers Deaths, WBEZ Public Radio, 12/22/05

– Les Brown, 64; helped found the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, Chicago Sun-Times, 4/13/05

– Study estimates there are nearly 25,000 homeless youths across Illinois, Chicago Tribune, 12/13/05

– Coalition marks 25 years of action, Chicago Tribune, 11/07/05

– Almost 9,000 Chicago students are homeless, Chicago Sun-Times, 7/20/05


2004

– Public dollars and private interests: How skid row fought back against Chicago’s private developers, Shelter Force Online, March/April 2004