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.
Five major U.S. cities and the state of California will receive federal help to get unsheltered residents into permanent housing. The plan was launched Thursday.
City Council looked the other way instead of supporting a vote on the tax on properties sold at $1 million or more, to generate an estimated $160 million a year to address the root causes of homelessness.