By failing to provide necessary resources, Chicago’s 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness hurts the people it promises to help.

In 2003, Mayor Daley signed onto a 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness in
Chicago. The plan calls for ultimately replacing the current system
that provides shelter to people on an emergency basis with a model that
would move people into permanent housing and provide services to them
once they were housed.

While CCH supports the concept of the city’s plan, we believe the city
has not committed the necessary resources to see it through. The city
has failed to create enough permanent housing that people transitioning
from homelessness can afford. Meanwhile, the city has mandated that all
emergency shelters must either close or convert to interim shelters
that transition people into permanent housing -- housing that does not
exist.

As a result of the city’s plan, shelters across the city are closing, and fewer beds are available for those who need them.

Before Chicago's 10-Year Plan was implemented, the city was already
facing a shelter crisis. Since the Plan was implemented, there has been
an increase in the number of people turned away from shelters. One
emergency shelter, for example, saw turn-aways increase from 12,000 to
13,000 in one year.

In response to the city’s failure to provide necessary resources, CCH
has convened a group of homeless service providers who share our
concerns about the plan. The group meets regularly to take action and
develop strategies to address our common concerns.

Read CCH’s report on concerns about the 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness:

Unaddressed: Why Chicago’s 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness will not work. (PDF)

Read the Concerned Providers' position statement on the 10-Year Plan to End
Homelessness, and see the organizations who have signed on alongside CCH:

Position Statement Regarding Chicago's 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness

For more information, please contact Eithne McMenamin.