Media

IN THE NEWS

2009

- Homeless Advocates: Use TIF for affordable housing, CBS 2 Chicago, 10/27/09

- Homeless Targeted in Paintball Attacks, CBS 2 Chicago, 10/21/09

- Attacks Shed Light on the Perils of the Homeless, Chicago Tribune, 10/18/09

-Tent Standoff Continues in Naperville, Chicago Tribune, 10/16/09

- City shells out $15 million in TIF money with no blight in sight, Medill Reports, 10/14/09

- For those on the yellow brick road to affordable housing,oz is crowded, Medill Reports, 10/8/09

- Chicago Coalition demands affordable housing, Medill Reports, 10/8/09 

- American Girl, Here & Now, 10/6/09

-Reports find TIF housing not affordable enough, WBEZ, 8/11/09

- Chicago students survive homelessness, move on to college, Chicago Tribune, 8/7/09

- Homes not priced to sell to low-income, Chicago Sun-Times, 7/30/09

- Affordable housing reality vs. illusion, Chicago Sun-Times, 7/30/09

-Turned Away: The number of homeless youth is increasing, but services and funding haven't kept pace for years, Illinois Issues, 7/28/09.

- Family of four living in motel, Fox Chicago News, 6/17/09.

- How a kid goes from homeless to high school graduate, Daily Herald, 6/9/09.

- Building affordable housing into a capital budget, Progress Illinois, 4/29/09.

- Homeless Oak Park man gets 39 write-in votes, Associated Press, 4/28/09.

- Cook County sheriff's office lends hand to women to stop prostitution, Chicago Tribune, 4/17/09.

- CHA struggles to track down displaced residents, Chi-Town Daily News, 4/14/09.

- Shelter for the homeless in the Southland, SouthTown Star, 3/12/09.

- Judge keeps homeless man off Oak Park ballot, Chicago Tribune, 3/10/09.

- Suburban Chicago homeless man off village ballot, Belleville News-Democrat, 3/9/09.

- Fore deserves the right to have his name on the ballot, Daily Illini, 2/24/09.

- Did board make right choice on Fore's candidacy?, Wednesday Journal, 2/24/09.

- Homeless kids lack school to call home, Chicago Tribune, 2/13/09.

- Homeless student numbers on the rise, Chicago Tribune, 2/13/09.

- You think you've got it bad? Try being out on the streets, Chicago Sun-Times, 2/7/09.

- Homeless man fights to get on the ballot, Chicago Tribune, 1/21/09.

2008

- Homeless students face tough hurdles, SunTimes, 12/13/08

- Chicago homeless hard hit by economic recession, Medill Reports, 12/12/08.

- What's up with that? Time Out Chicago, 12/11/08-12/17/08

- Trains no longer home for the homeless, SunTimes, 12/8/08

- Poll vaulting, Time Out Chicago, 10/30/08 - 11/5/08.

- Housing activists make grassroots push, Progress Illinois, 11/3/08. (CCH Executive Director Ed Shurna quoted.)

- Voter registration drive targets homeless, WBEZ, 9/30/08. Or read from the WBEZ website here.

- Chicago rock pioneer Bo Diddley dead at 79, Chicago Sun-Times, 6/02/08. Bo Diddley was a great friend to Chicago Coalition for the Homeless. He helped establish CCH's annual fundraiser Hopefest.

- Tim Unsworth, a longtime NCR columnist, dies, 5/1/08. (Mr. Unsworth was a dear friend and ally of CCH)

- An issue we can't afford to lose sight of, Chicago Tribune, 4/20/08

- Chicago housing authority to hold lottery for section 8 voucher waiting list CHA is holding lottery, but openings are limited, Chicago Tribune, 4/17/08

- Area apartment rents 'out of reach' according to report, affordable housing is getting harder to find, Chicago Tribune, 4/08/08

- Youth sleep-outs by the state capitol--all-day rally Wednesday, April 9, 2008

- Obama's church battles `Negative Forces' in uproar over pastor, Bloomberg, 3/26/08 (The article quotes CCH's Ed Shurna)

- Courtroom not the place to determine school matters, The SouthtownStar, 2/24/08

- State can help kids get second chance, Daily Herald, 2/11/08

- Homeless crowd into police stations, Chicago Sun-Times, 1/21/08

- 'Freakonomics' researcher examines Chicago's sex trade, Chicago Tribune, 1/11/08

- Social workers criticize study of Chicago sex trade, Associated Press, 1/11/08

2007

- State's homeless youth need better resources, WBEZ, 12/20/07

- CCH pushes for change at the Heartland Presidential Forum, 12/08

- CCH staff and Vietnam veteran José Vásquez profiled in Hoy, 11/11/07

- CCH thanks Wilco for Millenium Park benefit concert

- City finds some success in steering homeless to permanent housing, Chicago Sun-Times, 9/19/07

- Crowded shelters may hit record for 'turn aways' this year, Chicago Sun-Times, 9/18/07

- Women face fight for spots in city's shelters, Chicago Sun-Times, 9/16/07

- How a Bill Becomes a Law: The story of one campaign's struggle for affordable housing, DePaul Journal for Social Justice, Fall 2007. Written by CCH Policy Director Julie Dworkin.

2006

- Ten year plan, Chicago Tribune, 1/20/06

- Les Brown, 64; helped found Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, Chicago Sun-Times, 4/13/05

2005

- Study estimates there are nearly 25,000 homeless youths across Illinois, Chicago Tribune, 12/13/05

- Coalition marks 25 years of action, Chicago Tribune, 11/07/05

- Almost 9,000 Chicago students are homeless, Chicago Sun-Times, 7/20/05

- Homeless Group Remembers Deaths, WBEZ,12/22/05

2004

- Public dollars and private interests: How skid row fought back against Chicago's private developers, Shelter Force Online, March/April 2004