Patricia Nix-Hodes
@pnixhodes.bsky.social
Director of the Law Project at Chicago Coalition to end Homelessness. Views are my own
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SNAP, the country's largest anti-hunger program, dates back to the Great Depression and has never been disrupted this way. Most recipients are seniors, families with kids, and those with disabilities. n.pr/48PNNIt
'Uncharted territory': Ongoing shutdown threatens food aid for 42 million people
SNAP, the country's largest anti-hunger program, dates back to the Great Depression and has never been disrupted this way. Most recipients are seniors, families with kids, and those with disabilities.
n.pr
October 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
SNAP, the country's largest anti-hunger program, dates back to the Great Depression and has never been disrupted this way. Most recipients are seniors, families with kids, and those with disabilities. n.pr/48PNNIt
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With millions at risk of losing SNAP in the coming days, a reminder: hunger doesn't happen in isolation. When food assistance disappears, families use rent money to eat. Then come evictions and homelessness.
Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.
Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.
October 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
With millions at risk of losing SNAP in the coming days, a reminder: hunger doesn't happen in isolation. When food assistance disappears, families use rent money to eat. Then come evictions and homelessness.
Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.
Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.
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At least 6 unhoused Chicagoans have been abducted by federal agents since September: 2 have been released, while the status of the remaining 4 is unknown. But the Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness is investigating reports of an additional 19 people disappeared.
chicagoreader.com/news/make-it...
chicagoreader.com/news/make-it...
Make It Make Sense: ICE targets Chicago’s homeless community
Plus: state and local leaders crack down on anti-ICE protesters and advocates ask the chief judge to keep ICE out of county courthouses.
chicagoreader.com
October 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
At least 6 unhoused Chicagoans have been abducted by federal agents since September: 2 have been released, while the status of the remaining 4 is unknown. But the Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness is investigating reports of an additional 19 people disappeared.
chicagoreader.com/news/make-it...
chicagoreader.com/news/make-it...
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Her work really has helped so many more folks understand urban spatial inequality and segregation, not just in Chicago, but also elsewhere. And it has demonstrated how artists can play an active role in social change and social justice.
Tonika Lewis Johnson’s artwork includes the acclaimed Folded Map Project. She’s one of 22 new MacArthur Fellows, announced on Wednesday.
MacArthur 2025 ‘genius grant’ winners include a Chicago photographer
Tonika Lewis Johnson’s artwork includes the acclaimed Folded Map Project. She’s one of 22 new MacArthur Fellows, announced on Wednesday.
trib.al
October 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Her work really has helped so many more folks understand urban spatial inequality and segregation, not just in Chicago, but also elsewhere. And it has demonstrated how artists can play an active role in social change and social justice.
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ICE invaded a shelter in Chicago. About 260 people are housed at the shelter, which is a mixed community of migrants and unhoused Chicagoans. The shelter's executive director called the raid "traumatizing." abc7chicago.com/post/chicago...
4 detained by immigration agents at Bronzeville shelter after 37 arrested at South Shore apartments
Federal agents conducted a raid at a shelter in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood on Wednesday, a day after 37 people were taken into custody at an apartment building in South Shore, officials said.
abc7chicago.com
October 2, 2025 at 3:47 PM
ICE invaded a shelter in Chicago. About 260 people are housed at the shelter, which is a mixed community of migrants and unhoused Chicagoans. The shelter's executive director called the raid "traumatizing." abc7chicago.com/post/chicago...
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ICE is out of control. They must be reined in.
September 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
ICE is out of control. They must be reined in.
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Illinois State Senator Karina Villa sprang into action to protect her community from ICE raids, alerting neighbors to their rights and chasing off masked agents. This is how you stand up to authoritarianism. We should all be inspired by Sen. Villa's courage.
September 16, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Illinois State Senator Karina Villa sprang into action to protect her community from ICE raids, alerting neighbors to their rights and chasing off masked agents. This is how you stand up to authoritarianism. We should all be inspired by Sen. Villa's courage.
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The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
September 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
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While it's unclear what President Trump has planned, we know Chicago is ready. As always, we're getting organized to protect each other. Save these legal support hotlines!
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September 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
While it's unclear what President Trump has planned, we know Chicago is ready. As always, we're getting organized to protect each other. Save these legal support hotlines!
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A Labor Day reminder: today there isn't a single city, metro area, or state in the U.S. where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford a modest 2-bedroom apartment.
Millions of people with jobs—even multiple jobs—aren't safe from homelessness in this country.
Millions of people with jobs—even multiple jobs—aren't safe from homelessness in this country.
Opinion | America Is Pushing Its Workers Into Homelessness
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
A Labor Day reminder: today there isn't a single city, metro area, or state in the U.S. where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford a modest 2-bedroom apartment.
Millions of people with jobs—even multiple jobs—aren't safe from homelessness in this country.
Millions of people with jobs—even multiple jobs—aren't safe from homelessness in this country.
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“I love this city fiercely. It has given me every good thing in my life. It has given me my children. It has given me my friends who are now my family. It has given me purpose.“
thetriibe.com/2025/08/trum...
thetriibe.com/2025/08/trum...
Trump says Chicago is an undesirable ‘hellhole,’ but tourists and transplants keep coming • The TRiiBE
Crime is down. Tourism is up. And the city’s population is growing. Don’t let the media, or Trump, fool you.
thetriibe.com
August 31, 2025 at 2:25 AM
“I love this city fiercely. It has given me every good thing in my life. It has given me my children. It has given me my friends who are now my family. It has given me purpose.“
thetriibe.com/2025/08/trum...
thetriibe.com/2025/08/trum...
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Chicago is a vibrant and beautiful city.
“I love this city fiercely. It has given me every good thing in my life. It has given me my children. It has given me my friends who are now my family. It has given me purpose.“
thetriibe.com/2025/08/trum...
thetriibe.com/2025/08/trum...
Trump says Chicago is an undesirable ‘hellhole,’ but tourists and transplants keep coming • The TRiiBE
Crime is down. Tourism is up. And the city’s population is growing. Don’t let the media, or Trump, fool you.
thetriibe.com
August 31, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Chicago is a vibrant and beautiful city.
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If you're arrested in Illinois protesting the planned ICE HQ in North Chicago, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at sheryl@weikallaw.com. As always, I will take as many cases as I can.
August 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
If you're arrested in Illinois protesting the planned ICE HQ in North Chicago, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at sheryl@weikallaw.com. As always, I will take as many cases as I can.
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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
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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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Prof. Pfaff always has the data.
It’s wild, absolutely wild, how for EVERY. SINGLE. CITY. Trump wants to militarize I can post data showing how crime is plummeting in all of them without any federal invasion…
… and the press KEEPS stenographing the naked bad-faith claims about “fighting crime!” in the headlines.
Infuriating.
… and the press KEEPS stenographing the naked bad-faith claims about “fighting crime!” in the headlines.
Infuriating.
Giant YTD drops in Chicago for basically all crimes.
Huge 4-reductions in Chicago for all violence. Murders are down FIFTY PERCENT.
Property crimes are dropping, tho still higher than before. But MRAPs don’t stop theft.
This is all pretext. Yet the WaPo subhed frames it as a “crime” issue.
Huge 4-reductions in Chicago for all violence. Murders are down FIFTY PERCENT.
Property crimes are dropping, tho still higher than before. But MRAPs don’t stop theft.
This is all pretext. Yet the WaPo subhed frames it as a “crime” issue.
August 24, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Prof. Pfaff always has the data.
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An important thread:
We are watching closely as the federal government broadcasts various threats to folks without homes in D.C. We want to be clear about a few things. 🧵
August 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
An important thread:
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We are watching closely as the federal government broadcasts various threats to folks without homes in D.C. We want to be clear about a few things. 🧵
August 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
We are watching closely as the federal government broadcasts various threats to folks without homes in D.C. We want to be clear about a few things. 🧵
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"This order does nothing to lower the cost of housing or help people make ends meet. The safest communities are those with the most housing and resources, not those that make it a crime to be poor or sick."
Full statement at homelesslaw.org/statement724...
Full statement at homelesslaw.org/statement724...
July 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
"This order does nothing to lower the cost of housing or help people make ends meet. The safest communities are those with the most housing and resources, not those that make it a crime to be poor or sick."
Full statement at homelesslaw.org/statement724...
Full statement at homelesslaw.org/statement724...
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You cannot criminalize your way out of homelessness.
You have to build homes and invest in people’s lives.
You have to build homes and invest in people’s lives.
Predictable, but no less shocking or reprehensible: Trump just signed an executive order urging states to forcibly institutionalize homeless people, defund Housing First, criminalize encampments, and cut aid to cities that don't comply.
Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and
www.whitehouse.gov
July 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
You cannot criminalize your way out of homelessness.
You have to build homes and invest in people’s lives.
You have to build homes and invest in people’s lives.
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Read this statement from @homeless-law.bsky.social
BREAKING: Trump’s new Executive Order directs states to treat homelessness and mental illness as crimes. Criminalization doesn’t help anyone – we need housing and healthcare, not handcuffs and budget cuts. #HousingNotHandcuffs
Our statement: buff.ly/JlcAsF4
Our statement: buff.ly/JlcAsF4
Trump’s new Executive Order directs states to treat homelessness and mental illness as crimes - National Homelessness Law Center
Trump’s new Executive Orders direct states to treat homelessness and mental illness as crimes (WASHINGTON, D.C - March 28th) Everybody needs a safe place to live. Across America, sky-high rents are…
buff.ly
July 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Read this statement from @homeless-law.bsky.social
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Predictable, but no less shocking or reprehensible: Trump just signed an executive order urging states to forcibly institutionalize homeless people, defund Housing First, criminalize encampments, and cut aid to cities that don't comply.
Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and
www.whitehouse.gov
July 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Predictable, but no less shocking or reprehensible: Trump just signed an executive order urging states to forcibly institutionalize homeless people, defund Housing First, criminalize encampments, and cut aid to cities that don't comply.
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More than 5 million people, including 800,000 children and over half a million older adults or adults with disabilities, could lose food assistance due to new work requirements in the Senate reconciliation bill. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
July 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
More than 5 million people, including 800,000 children and over half a million older adults or adults with disabilities, could lose food assistance due to new work requirements in the Senate reconciliation bill. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
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People have no idea, not really, how this budget is about to wreck their very foundations.
July 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
People have no idea, not really, how this budget is about to wreck their very foundations.
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More than 5 million people, including 800,000 children and over half a million older adults or adults with disabilities, could lose food assistance due to new work requirements in the Senate reconciliation bill. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
Senate Agriculture Committee’s Revised Work Requirement Would Risk Taking Away Food Assistance From More Than 5 Million People: State Estimates | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Revised legislation released June 25 by Senate Agriculture Committee Chair John Boozman would slightly modify several of the SNAP cuts in Senate Republican leaders’ reconciliation plan, but the...
www.cbpp.org
June 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
More than 5 million people, including 800,000 children and over half a million older adults or adults with disabilities, could lose food assistance due to new work requirements in the Senate reconciliation bill. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...