The Chicago Coordinated Entry System has a housing first approach in supporting the journey of people facing homelessness into a variety of housing models.
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Three cheers to the hard working staff who assess people experiencing #homessless for #housing through the Chicago Coordinated Entry System!
The @Haymarket120 O'Hare airport outreach team is doing a beautiful job engaging participants and assessing people experiencing #homelessness for housing through CES. Thank you!!
Our CES Domesitic Violence/Human Trafficking Workgroup met today to advance housing solutions for survivors. This team is about action and creative solutions!
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As the temperature rises over the next couple days, you can call 311 to locate a cooling center near you or request a wellbeing check for someone who may be suffering from the heat. Hours extended Thurs & Fri at the 6 designated cooling centers due to the extreme heat predicted.
Dave Thomas with @AllChicago_MHH shares positive impacts of the Action Agenda, including aligning housing resources for people facing #homelessness
We had a housing first and coordinated entry training today with Homebase, @CSHInfo, @AllChicago_MHH, and HUD. Shout out to Nora Lally for being our regional HUD hero. We so appreciate your housing first leadership!!
Thanks to the speakers at the Chicago Coordinated Entry Refinement Lab Status Report, featured below, and to all of the participants! Keep up the good work! #endhomelessness
Another 89 Section 811 vouchers awarded by HUD to the Chicago Housing Authority hud.gov/press/press_releases…
Chicago's Coordinated Entry System has connected over 1130 households to permanant housing. chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018…
Our Chicago Coordinated Entry website has the same url and a new and improved design. Take a look! csh.org/chicagoces
Check out this new report by Housing Action Illinois and the Lawyers’ Committee forBetter Housing (LCBH) explores how an eviction filing on the public record is a serious obstacle to finding housing.
lcbh.org/news/eviction-filin…
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Today, I introduced the Chicago Affordable Housing Equity Ordinance w/ 27 sponsors. We have to stop allowing the majority that show up to community meetings to shout down affordable housing projects in Chicago. Every community has a responsibility to build affordable housing. xitter.cf/ameya_pawar_il/status/…
I’m going to introduce legislation (in July) to get rid of aldermanic prerogative when it comes affordable housing. Today’s vote confirms why we have to move beyond our feudal system. xitter.cf/thedailylinechi/status…
We held a Unified Community Response forum with our outstanding suburban partners to shine a light on collaboration and Coordinated Entry in Chicago and Cook County. Thanks to all who attended! @HousingForward @CSHInfo @HinesVAH @ChicagoDFSS @AllChicago_MHH
Chicago Coordinated Entry #supportivehousing provider workgroup kicked off today. Thank you to all involved for your insight, leadership, and collaboration!
"88 percent of households that received rental assistance in 2010 were elderly, disabled, working (or had recently worked) or likely have access to work programs under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program."
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The Carling is the city’s first building to be protected and rehabbed under Chicago’s 2014 SRO Preservation Ordinance. The measure was adopted to save the city’s 65 remaining licensed SRO’s—a number that declined from roughly 95 in 2008. chicago.curbed.com/2018/4/23… via @CurbedChicago
This gift completes the funding for 38 units of #supportivehousing for women chicagobusiness.com/article/…
HUD programs will receive $4.6 billion in additional funding, a 10% percent increase. #endhomelessness
Check out this link for the full budget while you celebrate progress:
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