One of the most common kinds of articles showing up daily in the news is those discussing “encampments.” The word encampment is used because it helps alert the reader that this is yet another report on homeless persons—living outdoors, not indoors, in some sort of structure(s) that are not traditional homes, apartments, or condominiums.
What is the city actually doing in Chicago to find the unhoused housing? Are these people actually finding alternatives here to the streets? They say they find a few housing (temporary or permanent?) but then many more reappear. One alderman on the North Side is taking credit for this, and you wrote that there are bumps in the road. What are those bumps?
What is the city actually doing in Chicago to find the unhoused housing? Are these people actually finding alternatives here to the streets? They say they find a few housing (temporary or permanent?) but then many more reappear. One alderman on the North Side is taking credit for this, and you wrote that there are bumps in the road. What are those bumps?