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A shelter in Kenwood housing both migrants and Chicagoans experiencing homelessness will close in the coming months, ...
The shelter has 764 beds with 366 currently occupied. A city spokesperson said the shelter will close within six months.
After mounting complaints and months of frustration the city has announced plans to close a controversial shelter in ...
Despite plans to take over operations from the state, the city will instead shutter both facilities in the coming months. Residents are already being moved out of the Southwest Side shelter.
The two shelter systems — catering toward the homeless and migrant populations in Chicago respectively — currently compete for limited affordable housing resources, said Nicole Bahena, vice ...
C HICAGO — Chicago is closing its shelters specifically designated for migrants and merging them with the city’s current homeless services starting in 2025, Mayor Brandon Johnson announced Monday.
Item 1 of 5 Migrants, without a place to stay upon arrival in the city, seek safe shelter inside the District 12 station of the Chicago Police Department in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. May 17, 2023.
Chicago implements new unified shelter system for migrants & homeless 02:27. Starting Nov. 1, the designated "landing zone" for migrants will no longer stay open overnight, and will be open only ...
The city and state are in the planning stages to combine Chicago’s legacy homeless shelter system with its system for migrants, according to government officials, and turn it into a unified ...
Democrat Mayor Brandon Johnson's office said the Selina Chicago hotel is being converted to a homeless shelter ahead of the winter months, giving those without housing a place to stay, according ...
O'Hare Airport workers frustrated with more homeless people moving in 02:32. CHICAGO (CBS) -- The number of Chicago's homeless community seeking shelter at O'Hare International Airport is up. As ...