In the news

2008

- 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 Day 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

- Youth homelessness, WGLT, 1/02/08 (mp3)

 

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

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

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

- Mark Brown, "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, 01/20/06

- "Les Brown, 64; helped found Chicago Coalition for the Homeless," Chicago Sun-Times, 04/13/05

 

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

 

2004

- "Public Dollars and Private Interests: How skid row fought back against Chicago's private developers" Shelter Force Online, March/April 2004