Oak Park moving 160 migrants from churches to a YMCA and hotel chicagotribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chicagotribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Dozens of asylum-seeking migrants who have been sheltering at an Oak Park church since the Halloween snowfall will temporarily shelter in two Oak Park locations for about a month under plans the village released Tuesday night.According to the plans, the West Cook YMCA will house women and children in 40 rooms on one floor. Although each room is single occupancy, each can hold up to three people, meeting the village’s occupancy ordinances. About 50 people will move there. The Carlton Hotel will house other migrants in 13 rooms that will be open later this week, although more rooms could become available. The rooms will be available for 28 days, just under the threshold for renters’ rights to take effect, which permits people to overstay in a location without funding.
Move-in day is finally here for dozens of migrant families who will now call West Town 'home.' However, the shelter on Western Avenue didn't come without controversy.
Nearly 160 migrants will be housed temporarily in a YMCA and a hotel in Oak Park at a one-month cost that may exceed $370,000, village officials announced Tuesday. The announcement comes six days after cold weather prompted the village to take in migrants from the Austin police station in Chicago and house them at the village police station and a local church. The asylum-seeking migrants were .
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