Vote Blocked on Plan to Transform Former Jewel, Parking Lot on Far South Side Into Migrant Shelter wttw.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wttw.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Supporters of a bid to purchase a vacant Jewel site in Morgan Park to build a migrant tent camp agreed to delay a final City Council vote on Wednesday.
The Chicago City Council put off a vote on accepting donated land at 115th and Halsted that would be the site of a migrant tent camp. Also delayed was a vote on whether to put a binding referendum on the March ballot to raise the real estate transfer tax to fund programs to reduce homelessness.
Johnson and fellow mayors bringing migrant-crisis demands to D.C. chicagobusiness.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chicagobusiness.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
As temperatures head toward below freezing, the city of Chicago has pushed forward to find migrant shelters, including a location for a second tent city.