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Activists call on city to provide homes for homeless

Bonnie Contreras holds speaks about her personal experience and what she expects from the Chicago Housing Association during a press conference by the Chicago Union of the Homeless asking for change and support from the Chicago Housing Authority outside the CHA building at 60 E. Van Buren St in South Loop, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times A group of activists Tuesday called on city leaders to immediately house all homeless people in Chicago. The group, about 30 people from the Chicago Union of the Homeless, gathered outside the Chicago Housing Authority’s downtown headquarters to pressure public officials to find permanent housing for everyone who is living on the street.

Chicago activists demand city shelter homeless during polar vortex

262 2 minutes read The banner’s message was driven home by periodic blasts of arctic wind: “1750 vacancies = DEATH.” Chicago’s weather took an extreme turn on Jan. 5 when a polar vortex descended on the Midwest. Activists from the Chicago Union of the Homeless, People United Albany Park, Labor Against Racism and War and the Party for Socialism and Liberation gathered outside of City Hall for a press conference to demand that Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot open up vacant apartments, houses, and hotels to shelter homeless people during the vortex. The last polar vortex that hit the Midwest in 2019 killed at least 21 people. 

Chicago Union of the Homeless to redistribute flood of holiday donations

Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Every year, Chicago’s season of giving turns into a season of waste. Waves of people and businesses caught up in the holiday spirit head to the brutally cold underpasses and tents that thousands in the city call home, delivering boxes of food to the people who need it most but who can’t possibly consume it in the space of a week or make it last much longer. And so some of the Chicagoans who often go to sleep hungry at other points of the year find themselves surrounded by loads of perishable foods that are destined for the trash, while others simply don’t have access to the generosity.

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