Chicago city employees cleared out a homeless encampment on the city's North Side this week.

The city has promised to offer long-term housing, but some advocates are voicing doubts about the plan to move roughly 20 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. How the government counts people who experience homelessness is quite different from how the Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A homeless camp is set up along a sidewalk near a public parking lot. Photo: Spencer Pauley / The Center Square (The Center Square ...

The number of unhoused people in Chicago has declined over the last decade, but advocates worry federal policies could reverse that trajectory. The big picture: A new report from the Chicago Coalition ...

In its Sept. 14 editorial “Tent cities don’t belong in Chicago’s parks,” the Tribune Editorial Board overlooks a crucial aspect of the debate and misses a valuable opportunity to offer genuine support ...

For people experiencing homelessness like Ivan Patterson, Monday night’s snow was another reminder to get out of the cold and into a shelter. “It beats staying under a bridge. It’s too cold to do that ...

An estimated 10,000 people in Illinois experienced “literal homelessness,” according to the IDPH report. An estimated 108,000 ...

Dozens in the city's homeless population live in tent cities along the Dan Ryan Expressway. They already have a lot to worry about, including food and shelter. Now they've added COVID-19 to the list. ...

With an increased federal presence expected as soon as next week, Chicago officials and housing advocates are taking lessons from President Donald Trump’s takeover of Washington, D.C., and working to ...

(The Center Square) – Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness City Policy Manager M Nelson is looking to change the way city officials combat the issue as a new report authored by the organization ...