As the homeless population in Chicago continues to grow, the city is looking to establish a chief homelessness officer to tackle the rising crisis as winter approaches.
An ominously titled document by close confidants of new Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson states the new administration’s top priority is to take more money from households making $100,000 or more to fund what they claim is a “just Chicago.”
Allies of newly-elected Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson are pushing for a $12 billion financial package that would raise taxes for certain residents in the city in an effort to “fund a just Chicago."
Despite the city revamping 414 units at the Lathrop Homes in 2019, less than a quarter were marked affordable and about 36% were set aside for public housing which advocates say was done to push out low income residents.