Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness
@chicagohomeless.bsky.social
CCH builds community power and advances racial equity through organizing, advocacy, legal assistance, and education to prevent and end homelessness because housing is a human right.
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CCH’s know your rights resources and additional resources from partners are now accessible from one page on our website. 🚨Share widely 🚨 chicagohomeless.org/kyr
Give your marathon meaning by running on CCH’s Team to End Homelessness! 🏃🏽♀️🏅 Free guaranteed entry into the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Oct 11, 2026 // Fill out the interest form: act.chicagohomeless.org/a/marathon
November 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Give your marathon meaning by running on CCH’s Team to End Homelessness! 🏃🏽♀️🏅 Free guaranteed entry into the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Oct 11, 2026 // Fill out the interest form: act.chicagohomeless.org/a/marathon
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the @chicagoreader.com also put together know your rights resources for unhoused folks interacting with federal agents in chicago, based on the excellent information compiled by @chicagohomeless.bsky.social.
they're available in spanish: chicagoreader.com/news/conozca...
and english:
they're available in spanish: chicagoreader.com/news/conozca...
and english:
What to know if you’re unhoused and stopped by federal agents
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have targeted unhoused Chicagoans in recent months. Here's what to know about your rights.
chicagoreader.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
the @chicagoreader.com also put together know your rights resources for unhoused folks interacting with federal agents in chicago, based on the excellent information compiled by @chicagohomeless.bsky.social.
they're available in spanish: chicagoreader.com/news/conozca...
and english:
they're available in spanish: chicagoreader.com/news/conozca...
and english:
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I appreciate both @katieprout.bsky.social’s write-up and @brian-goldstone.bsky.social’sshout out to @chicagohomeless.bsky.social‘s workin his recent visit to Chicago to discuss his excellent book “There is No Place for Us.”
We can’t solve homelessness without first understanding its true scope.
We can’t solve homelessness without first understanding its true scope.
Profiting off precarity - Chicago Reader
There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America, by Brian Goldstone, is an account of five Black families forced into homelessness.
chicagoreader.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I appreciate both @katieprout.bsky.social’s write-up and @brian-goldstone.bsky.social’sshout out to @chicagohomeless.bsky.social‘s workin his recent visit to Chicago to discuss his excellent book “There is No Place for Us.”
We can’t solve homelessness without first understanding its true scope.
We can’t solve homelessness without first understanding its true scope.
CCH’s know your rights resources and additional resources from partners are now accessible from one page on our website. 🚨Share widely 🚨 chicagohomeless.org/kyr
October 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
CCH’s know your rights resources and additional resources from partners are now accessible from one page on our website. 🚨Share widely 🚨 chicagohomeless.org/kyr
Apply tomorrow (Thursday) at 10 AM! chicagohomeless.org/maf
The Edrika Fulford Mutual Aid Fund reopens Oct 16 at 10 am!
400 applications will be accepted online or by phone, entered into a lottery & undergo review. Applying does not guarantee funding.
💻 chicagohomeless.org/MAF 📞📞 (312) 641-4148 (Mon-Fri, 10am - 2pm)
400 applications will be accepted online or by phone, entered into a lottery & undergo review. Applying does not guarantee funding.
💻 chicagohomeless.org/MAF 📞📞 (312) 641-4148 (Mon-Fri, 10am - 2pm)
October 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Apply tomorrow (Thursday) at 10 AM! chicagohomeless.org/maf
Last Friday, Loyola University Chicago law students joined CCH’s Law Project in Pilsen for a day of service dedicated to raising awareness about the educational rights of students experiencing homelessness. Resources for students can be found here: chicagohomeless.org/need-help/law-…
October 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Last Friday, Loyola University Chicago law students joined CCH’s Law Project in Pilsen for a day of service dedicated to raising awareness about the educational rights of students experiencing homelessness. Resources for students can be found here: chicagohomeless.org/need-help/law-…
Members of Congress are making decisions about homelessness funding for our community, and they need to hear from YOU. Email your legislators today: act.chicagohomeless.org/a/coc
September 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Members of Congress are making decisions about homelessness funding for our community, and they need to hear from YOU. Email your legislators today: act.chicagohomeless.org/a/coc
Director of State Legislative Policy, Equity, and Transformation Niya Kelly was a guest on The Chicago Community Trust, speaking about addressing systemic barriers to housing and support for people experiencing homelessness.
Listen to the full episode: www.cct.org/trusttalks/
Listen to the full episode: www.cct.org/trusttalks/
September 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Director of State Legislative Policy, Equity, and Transformation Niya Kelly was a guest on The Chicago Community Trust, speaking about addressing systemic barriers to housing and support for people experiencing homelessness.
Listen to the full episode: www.cct.org/trusttalks/
Listen to the full episode: www.cct.org/trusttalks/
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Thanks to @chicagotribune.com for sharing @chicagohomeless.bsky.social & CFTEH‘s letter. No one wants people to have to sleep in parks or under viaducts or anywhere else unsheltered. Let’s come together around the solution - new revenue for permanent housing & service.
Letters: Sweeps of tent encampments will do nothing to alleviate homelessness in Chicago
A call for sweeps with a tone-deafness for service inadequacy will do nothing to decrease homelessness in Chicagoland.
www.chicagotribune.com
September 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Thanks to @chicagotribune.com for sharing @chicagohomeless.bsky.social & CFTEH‘s letter. No one wants people to have to sleep in parks or under viaducts or anywhere else unsheltered. Let’s come together around the solution - new revenue for permanent housing & service.
CCH condemns the killing of Silverio Villegas González at the hands of federal agents. We will continue our work to counter dangerous federal overreach and protect our communities. Villegas Gonzalez’s family and loved ones are in our thoughts. chicagohomeless.org/cch-statemen...
September 16, 2025 at 9:36 PM
CCH condemns the killing of Silverio Villegas González at the hands of federal agents. We will continue our work to counter dangerous federal overreach and protect our communities. Villegas Gonzalez’s family and loved ones are in our thoughts. chicagohomeless.org/cch-statemen...
The Edrika Fulford Mutual Aid Fund reopens Oct 16 at 10 am!
400 applications will be accepted online or by phone, entered into a lottery & undergo review. Applying does not guarantee funding.
💻 chicagohomeless.org/MAF 📞📞 (312) 641-4148 (Mon-Fri, 10am - 2pm)
400 applications will be accepted online or by phone, entered into a lottery & undergo review. Applying does not guarantee funding.
💻 chicagohomeless.org/MAF 📞📞 (312) 641-4148 (Mon-Fri, 10am - 2pm)
September 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The Edrika Fulford Mutual Aid Fund reopens Oct 16 at 10 am!
400 applications will be accepted online or by phone, entered into a lottery & undergo review. Applying does not guarantee funding.
💻 chicagohomeless.org/MAF 📞📞 (312) 641-4148 (Mon-Fri, 10am - 2pm)
400 applications will be accepted online or by phone, entered into a lottery & undergo review. Applying does not guarantee funding.
💻 chicagohomeless.org/MAF 📞📞 (312) 641-4148 (Mon-Fri, 10am - 2pm)
Do you, a neighbor, or loved one need help expunging or clearing a record? Join CCH and Uprising Theater on Sunday, September 28, 2025 between 10am - 6pm at Uprising Theater (2905 N Milwaukee) for a FREE sealing and expungement clinic.
Sign-up here: uniqo.de/expunge
Sign-up here: uniqo.de/expunge
September 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Do you, a neighbor, or loved one need help expunging or clearing a record? Join CCH and Uprising Theater on Sunday, September 28, 2025 between 10am - 6pm at Uprising Theater (2905 N Milwaukee) for a FREE sealing and expungement clinic.
Sign-up here: uniqo.de/expunge
Sign-up here: uniqo.de/expunge
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With a possibility of a National Guard deployment in Chicago, advocates are concerned about how that might affect people experiencing homelessness.
Doug Schenkelberg, executive director of @chicagohomeless.bsky.social, talks about the rights unsheltered people have.
to.wttw.com/4nv75a4
Doug Schenkelberg, executive director of @chicagohomeless.bsky.social, talks about the rights unsheltered people have.
to.wttw.com/4nv75a4
September 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
With a possibility of a National Guard deployment in Chicago, advocates are concerned about how that might affect people experiencing homelessness.
Doug Schenkelberg, executive director of @chicagohomeless.bsky.social, talks about the rights unsheltered people have.
to.wttw.com/4nv75a4
Doug Schenkelberg, executive director of @chicagohomeless.bsky.social, talks about the rights unsheltered people have.
to.wttw.com/4nv75a4
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We prepared this Know Your Rights card in partnership with All Chicago to support the unsheltered on the coming weeks. We also created a phone line to answer question and help direct people to resources.
We are going to do all we can to protect people in this moment of threat.
We are going to do all we can to protect people in this moment of threat.
🚨 Information Card: Know Your Rights as an Unsheltered Person - Federal Enforcement in Chicago // Conozca sus derechos como persona experimentando falta de vivienda: Aplicación de la ley federal en Chicago chicagohomeless.org/outreach/
August 31, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We prepared this Know Your Rights card in partnership with All Chicago to support the unsheltered on the coming weeks. We also created a phone line to answer question and help direct people to resources.
We are going to do all we can to protect people in this moment of threat.
We are going to do all we can to protect people in this moment of threat.
🚨 Information Card: Know Your Rights as an Unsheltered Person - Federal Enforcement in Chicago // Conozca sus derechos como persona experimentando falta de vivienda: Aplicación de la ley federal en Chicago chicagohomeless.org/outreach/
August 31, 2025 at 1:15 PM
🚨 Information Card: Know Your Rights as an Unsheltered Person - Federal Enforcement in Chicago // Conozca sus derechos como persona experimentando falta de vivienda: Aplicación de la ley federal en Chicago chicagohomeless.org/outreach/
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@chicagohomeless.bsky.social and our partners are doing everything we can to ensure the safety of those experiencing homelessness
City officials are working with the anti-homelessness nonprofit organization All Chicago to help prepare encampment communities located in places like parks and underpasses, for the possible deployment of the National Guard and other federal agents.
Chicago housing groups brace for possible sweeps of homeless encampments by the National Guard
The White House says it has cleared dozens of homeless encampments in D.C. Housing advocates say they want to be prepared if troops come to Chicago.
trib.al
August 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
@chicagohomeless.bsky.social and our partners are doing everything we can to ensure the safety of those experiencing homelessness
We are aware of reports that the Trump Administration may deploy federal troops to Chicago soon. We know that this may directly impact Chicagoans experiencing homelessness and many people—including us—are concerned and afraid of what might happen.
Pentagon planning military deployment to Chicago in coming weeks, report says
The Washington Post reported Saturday that Defense Department officials have been planning for weeks to deploy federal troops to Chicago.
chicago.suntimes.com
August 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
We are aware of reports that the Trump Administration may deploy federal troops to Chicago soon. We know that this may directly impact Chicagoans experiencing homelessness and many people—including us—are concerned and afraid of what might happen.
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A President who wanted to solve homelessness would draw a straight line between this news & more unhoused people. Then they would find ways to increase rental assistance, stabilize rent costs & increase supply. That would be solution oriented.
www.redfin.com/news/rental-...
www.redfin.com/news/rental-...
U.S. Apartment Asking Rents Post Biggest Increase in 2.5 Years
The median asking rent rose 1.7% year over year to $1,790 in July. Shrinking supply may be tilting the balance of power toward landlords.
www.redfin.com
August 15, 2025 at 12:48 PM
A President who wanted to solve homelessness would draw a straight line between this news & more unhoused people. Then they would find ways to increase rental assistance, stabilize rent costs & increase supply. That would be solution oriented.
www.redfin.com/news/rental-...
www.redfin.com/news/rental-...
Help us improve outcomes for justice-impacted individuals! The Restoring Rights and Opportunities Coalition of IL wants to learn about the resources people receive exiting prison. If you were incarcerated in IDOC, please complete our survey: bit.ly/GateMoneySurvey @cabrinigreenlegal.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Help us improve outcomes for justice-impacted individuals! The Restoring Rights and Opportunities Coalition of IL wants to learn about the resources people receive exiting prison. If you were incarcerated in IDOC, please complete our survey: bit.ly/GateMoneySurvey @cabrinigreenlegal.bsky.social
August is National Make-A-Will Month! CCH partners with FreeWill, an online tool to help you write your will within 20 minutes, protecting your legacy and providing peace of mind for your loved ones at no cost to you. Get started: www.freewill.com/chicagohomel...
August 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
August is National Make-A-Will Month! CCH partners with FreeWill, an online tool to help you write your will within 20 minutes, protecting your legacy and providing peace of mind for your loved ones at no cost to you. Get started: www.freewill.com/chicagohomel...
Chicago Public School (CPS) students return to class next Mon, Aug 18! All students & an accompanying adult can ride the CTA free on the first day of school.
Our Law Project helps students experiencing homelessness access school & critical supports. Learn more: bit.ly/CCHEdRights
Our Law Project helps students experiencing homelessness access school & critical supports. Learn more: bit.ly/CCHEdRights
August 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Chicago Public School (CPS) students return to class next Mon, Aug 18! All students & an accompanying adult can ride the CTA free on the first day of school.
Our Law Project helps students experiencing homelessness access school & critical supports. Learn more: bit.ly/CCHEdRights
Our Law Project helps students experiencing homelessness access school & critical supports. Learn more: bit.ly/CCHEdRights
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is reviewing its policy that protects the educational rights of students experiencing homelessness, and they want your input!
Learn more about areas we believe need improvement and take the survey: bit.ly/STLSsurvey
Learn more about areas we believe need improvement and take the survey: bit.ly/STLSsurvey
August 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is reviewing its policy that protects the educational rights of students experiencing homelessness, and they want your input!
Learn more about areas we believe need improvement and take the survey: bit.ly/STLSsurvey
Learn more about areas we believe need improvement and take the survey: bit.ly/STLSsurvey
The Park District announced that an encampment along the riverbank in Legion Park will be shut down in September after a fire broke out there earlier this week. (1/4) blockclubchicago.org/2025/07/30/n...
North Park Homeless Encampment To Be Shut Down After Recent Fires: 'Where Will I Go?'
The most recent fire on Monday prompted the Park District’s decision to close the encampment in September. The city will work to connect its residents with housing before then, a spokesperson said.
blockclubchicago.org
July 31, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The Park District announced that an encampment along the riverbank in Legion Park will be shut down in September after a fire broke out there earlier this week. (1/4) blockclubchicago.org/2025/07/30/n...
"Homelessness is a housing problem,” CCH Executive Director Doug Schenkelberg said on @wttw.bsky.social's Chicago Tonight. “Between stagnant wages and unaffordable housing, many people are one to two paychecks away from experiencing homelessness.”
Fire at North Park Homeless Encampment Highlights Safety Concerns
The encampment along the North Shore Channel is now set to be removed, possibly displacing dozens.
news.wttw.com
July 30, 2025 at 10:46 PM
"Homelessness is a housing problem,” CCH Executive Director Doug Schenkelberg said on @wttw.bsky.social's Chicago Tonight. “Between stagnant wages and unaffordable housing, many people are one to two paychecks away from experiencing homelessness.”
Sun-Times columnist @neilsteinberg.bsky.social shares a thoughtful reflection on Trump’s Executive Order on homelessness:
"It’s like we’re cycling through vulnerable communities, one by one, to see who can be demonized and oppressed next."
"It’s like we’re cycling through vulnerable communities, one by one, to see who can be demonized and oppressed next."
Trump lowers the boom on more of society's most vulnerable
Two new executive orders put unhoused and mentally ill people in his crosshairs.
chicago.suntimes.com
July 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Sun-Times columnist @neilsteinberg.bsky.social shares a thoughtful reflection on Trump’s Executive Order on homelessness:
"It’s like we’re cycling through vulnerable communities, one by one, to see who can be demonized and oppressed next."
"It’s like we’re cycling through vulnerable communities, one by one, to see who can be demonized and oppressed next."