Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness
@chicagohomeless.bsky.social
CCH builds community power and advances racial equity through organizing, advocacy, legal assistance, and education to prevent and end homelessness because housing is a human right.
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Meet April Harris, CCH Grassroots Leader + Board Member
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Meet CCH grassroots leader and board member April Harris! Learn more about April and her work: chicagohomeless.org/april
Meet CCH grassroots leader and board member April Harris! Learn more about April and her work: chicagohomeless.org/april
Meet April Harris, CCH Grassroots Leader + Board Member
YouTube video by Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness (CCH)
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December 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Meet CCH grassroots leader and board member April Harris! Learn more about April and her work: chicagohomeless.org/april
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Housing advocate Doug Schenkelberg, executive director of @ChiHomeless, weighs in on the sticky issue of encampments. www.chicagomag.com/chicago-maga...
Why You Shouldn't Look Away From Tent Cities
A housing advocate weighs in on the sticky issue of encampments.
www.chicagomag.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Housing advocate Doug Schenkelberg, executive director of @ChiHomeless, weighs in on the sticky issue of encampments. www.chicagomag.com/chicago-maga...
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Want to help @chicagohomeless.bsky.social step up in this moment to push back on bad policy from the feds? Join our staff As our new Federal Advocacy Fellow! Share widely.
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Federal Advocacy Fellowship - Chicago Coalition to end Homelessness - Career Page
Apply to Federal Advocacy Fellowship at Chicago Coalition to end Homelessness in Chicago, IL.
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December 13, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Want to help @chicagohomeless.bsky.social step up in this moment to push back on bad policy from the feds? Join our staff As our new Federal Advocacy Fellow! Share widely.
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I’ll keep it simple.
Callahan is holding these clogs until I raise $5,000 for @chicagohomeless.bsky.social for #GivingTuesday.
It’s unconventional, but these are crazy times. Thank you for supporting CCH & saving the clogs.
Donate here - donate.chicagohomeless.org/page/GivingT...
Callahan is holding these clogs until I raise $5,000 for @chicagohomeless.bsky.social for #GivingTuesday.
It’s unconventional, but these are crazy times. Thank you for supporting CCH & saving the clogs.
Donate here - donate.chicagohomeless.org/page/GivingT...
December 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I’ll keep it simple.
Callahan is holding these clogs until I raise $5,000 for @chicagohomeless.bsky.social for #GivingTuesday.
It’s unconventional, but these are crazy times. Thank you for supporting CCH & saving the clogs.
Donate here - donate.chicagohomeless.org/page/GivingT...
Callahan is holding these clogs until I raise $5,000 for @chicagohomeless.bsky.social for #GivingTuesday.
It’s unconventional, but these are crazy times. Thank you for supporting CCH & saving the clogs.
Donate here - donate.chicagohomeless.org/page/GivingT...
Today’s the day! All #GivingTuesday donations to the Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness will be generously matched dollar-for-dollar up to $50,000 thanks to three long-time supporters. Make your giving go further with a gift to CCH today: chicagohomeless.org/givingtuesday
December 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Today’s the day! All #GivingTuesday donations to the Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness will be generously matched dollar-for-dollar up to $50,000 thanks to three long-time supporters. Make your giving go further with a gift to CCH today: chicagohomeless.org/givingtuesday
#GivingTuesday is TOMORROW! All Giving Tuesday gifts to CCH will be matched up to $50,000. Your generosity supports organizing, policy advocacy, legal assistance, and community education—the strategies needed to solve homelessness in Chicago and Illinois.
🔗 chicagohomeless.org/givingtuesday
🔗 chicagohomeless.org/givingtuesday
December 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
#GivingTuesday is TOMORROW! All Giving Tuesday gifts to CCH will be matched up to $50,000. Your generosity supports organizing, policy advocacy, legal assistance, and community education—the strategies needed to solve homelessness in Chicago and Illinois.
🔗 chicagohomeless.org/givingtuesday
🔗 chicagohomeless.org/givingtuesday
Give your marathon meaning by running on CCH’s Team to End Homelessness! 🏃🏽♀️🏅 Free guaranteed entry into the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Oct 11, 2026 // Fill out the interest form: act.chicagohomeless.org/a/marathon
November 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Give your marathon meaning by running on CCH’s Team to End Homelessness! 🏃🏽♀️🏅 Free guaranteed entry into the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Oct 11, 2026 // Fill out the interest form: act.chicagohomeless.org/a/marathon
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the @chicagoreader.com also put together know your rights resources for unhoused folks interacting with federal agents in chicago, based on the excellent information compiled by @chicagohomeless.bsky.social.
they're available in spanish: chicagoreader.com/news/conozca...
and english:
they're available in spanish: chicagoreader.com/news/conozca...
and english:
What to know if you’re unhoused and stopped by federal agents
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have targeted unhoused Chicagoans in recent months. Here's what to know about your rights.
chicagoreader.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
the @chicagoreader.com also put together know your rights resources for unhoused folks interacting with federal agents in chicago, based on the excellent information compiled by @chicagohomeless.bsky.social.
they're available in spanish: chicagoreader.com/news/conozca...
and english:
they're available in spanish: chicagoreader.com/news/conozca...
and english:
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I appreciate both @katieprout.bsky.social’s write-up and @brian-goldstone.bsky.social’sshout out to @chicagohomeless.bsky.social‘s workin his recent visit to Chicago to discuss his excellent book “There is No Place for Us.”
We can’t solve homelessness without first understanding its true scope.
We can’t solve homelessness without first understanding its true scope.
Profiting off precarity - Chicago Reader
There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America, by Brian Goldstone, is an account of five Black families forced into homelessness.
chicagoreader.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I appreciate both @katieprout.bsky.social’s write-up and @brian-goldstone.bsky.social’sshout out to @chicagohomeless.bsky.social‘s workin his recent visit to Chicago to discuss his excellent book “There is No Place for Us.”
We can’t solve homelessness without first understanding its true scope.
We can’t solve homelessness without first understanding its true scope.
CCH’s know your rights resources and additional resources from partners are now accessible from one page on our website. 🚨Share widely 🚨 chicagohomeless.org/kyr
October 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
CCH’s know your rights resources and additional resources from partners are now accessible from one page on our website. 🚨Share widely 🚨 chicagohomeless.org/kyr
Apply tomorrow (Thursday) at 10 AM! chicagohomeless.org/maf
The Edrika Fulford Mutual Aid Fund reopens Oct 16 at 10 am!
400 applications will be accepted online or by phone, entered into a lottery & undergo review. Applying does not guarantee funding.
💻 chicagohomeless.org/MAF 📞📞 (312) 641-4148 (Mon-Fri, 10am - 2pm)
400 applications will be accepted online or by phone, entered into a lottery & undergo review. Applying does not guarantee funding.
💻 chicagohomeless.org/MAF 📞📞 (312) 641-4148 (Mon-Fri, 10am - 2pm)
October 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Apply tomorrow (Thursday) at 10 AM! chicagohomeless.org/maf
Last Friday, Loyola University Chicago law students joined CCH’s Law Project in Pilsen for a day of service dedicated to raising awareness about the educational rights of students experiencing homelessness. Resources for students can be found here: chicagohomeless.org/need-help/law-…
October 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Last Friday, Loyola University Chicago law students joined CCH’s Law Project in Pilsen for a day of service dedicated to raising awareness about the educational rights of students experiencing homelessness. Resources for students can be found here: chicagohomeless.org/need-help/law-…
Members of Congress are making decisions about homelessness funding for our community, and they need to hear from YOU. Email your legislators today: act.chicagohomeless.org/a/coc
September 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Members of Congress are making decisions about homelessness funding for our community, and they need to hear from YOU. Email your legislators today: act.chicagohomeless.org/a/coc
Director of State Legislative Policy, Equity, and Transformation Niya Kelly was a guest on The Chicago Community Trust, speaking about addressing systemic barriers to housing and support for people experiencing homelessness.
Listen to the full episode: www.cct.org/trusttalks/
Listen to the full episode: www.cct.org/trusttalks/
September 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Director of State Legislative Policy, Equity, and Transformation Niya Kelly was a guest on The Chicago Community Trust, speaking about addressing systemic barriers to housing and support for people experiencing homelessness.
Listen to the full episode: www.cct.org/trusttalks/
Listen to the full episode: www.cct.org/trusttalks/
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Thanks to @chicagotribune.com for sharing @chicagohomeless.bsky.social & CFTEH‘s letter. No one wants people to have to sleep in parks or under viaducts or anywhere else unsheltered. Let’s come together around the solution - new revenue for permanent housing & service.
Letters: Sweeps of tent encampments will do nothing to alleviate homelessness in Chicago
A call for sweeps with a tone-deafness for service inadequacy will do nothing to decrease homelessness in Chicagoland.
www.chicagotribune.com
September 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Thanks to @chicagotribune.com for sharing @chicagohomeless.bsky.social & CFTEH‘s letter. No one wants people to have to sleep in parks or under viaducts or anywhere else unsheltered. Let’s come together around the solution - new revenue for permanent housing & service.
CCH condemns the killing of Silverio Villegas González at the hands of federal agents. We will continue our work to counter dangerous federal overreach and protect our communities. Villegas Gonzalez’s family and loved ones are in our thoughts. chicagohomeless.org/cch-statemen...
September 16, 2025 at 9:36 PM
CCH condemns the killing of Silverio Villegas González at the hands of federal agents. We will continue our work to counter dangerous federal overreach and protect our communities. Villegas Gonzalez’s family and loved ones are in our thoughts. chicagohomeless.org/cch-statemen...
The Edrika Fulford Mutual Aid Fund reopens Oct 16 at 10 am!
400 applications will be accepted online or by phone, entered into a lottery & undergo review. Applying does not guarantee funding.
💻 chicagohomeless.org/MAF 📞📞 (312) 641-4148 (Mon-Fri, 10am - 2pm)
400 applications will be accepted online or by phone, entered into a lottery & undergo review. Applying does not guarantee funding.
💻 chicagohomeless.org/MAF 📞📞 (312) 641-4148 (Mon-Fri, 10am - 2pm)
September 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The Edrika Fulford Mutual Aid Fund reopens Oct 16 at 10 am!
400 applications will be accepted online or by phone, entered into a lottery & undergo review. Applying does not guarantee funding.
💻 chicagohomeless.org/MAF 📞📞 (312) 641-4148 (Mon-Fri, 10am - 2pm)
400 applications will be accepted online or by phone, entered into a lottery & undergo review. Applying does not guarantee funding.
💻 chicagohomeless.org/MAF 📞📞 (312) 641-4148 (Mon-Fri, 10am - 2pm)
Do you, a neighbor, or loved one need help expunging or clearing a record? Join CCH and Uprising Theater on Sunday, September 28, 2025 between 10am - 6pm at Uprising Theater (2905 N Milwaukee) for a FREE sealing and expungement clinic.
Sign-up here: uniqo.de/expunge
Sign-up here: uniqo.de/expunge
September 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Do you, a neighbor, or loved one need help expunging or clearing a record? Join CCH and Uprising Theater on Sunday, September 28, 2025 between 10am - 6pm at Uprising Theater (2905 N Milwaukee) for a FREE sealing and expungement clinic.
Sign-up here: uniqo.de/expunge
Sign-up here: uniqo.de/expunge
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With a possibility of a National Guard deployment in Chicago, advocates are concerned about how that might affect people experiencing homelessness.
Doug Schenkelberg, executive director of @chicagohomeless.bsky.social, talks about the rights unsheltered people have.
to.wttw.com/4nv75a4
Doug Schenkelberg, executive director of @chicagohomeless.bsky.social, talks about the rights unsheltered people have.
to.wttw.com/4nv75a4
September 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
With a possibility of a National Guard deployment in Chicago, advocates are concerned about how that might affect people experiencing homelessness.
Doug Schenkelberg, executive director of @chicagohomeless.bsky.social, talks about the rights unsheltered people have.
to.wttw.com/4nv75a4
Doug Schenkelberg, executive director of @chicagohomeless.bsky.social, talks about the rights unsheltered people have.
to.wttw.com/4nv75a4
Reposted by Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness
We prepared this Know Your Rights card in partnership with All Chicago to support the unsheltered on the coming weeks. We also created a phone line to answer question and help direct people to resources.
We are going to do all we can to protect people in this moment of threat.
We are going to do all we can to protect people in this moment of threat.
🚨 Information Card: Know Your Rights as an Unsheltered Person - Federal Enforcement in Chicago // Conozca sus derechos como persona experimentando falta de vivienda: Aplicación de la ley federal en Chicago chicagohomeless.org/outreach/
August 31, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We prepared this Know Your Rights card in partnership with All Chicago to support the unsheltered on the coming weeks. We also created a phone line to answer question and help direct people to resources.
We are going to do all we can to protect people in this moment of threat.
We are going to do all we can to protect people in this moment of threat.
🚨 Information Card: Know Your Rights as an Unsheltered Person - Federal Enforcement in Chicago // Conozca sus derechos como persona experimentando falta de vivienda: Aplicación de la ley federal en Chicago chicagohomeless.org/outreach/
August 31, 2025 at 1:15 PM
🚨 Information Card: Know Your Rights as an Unsheltered Person - Federal Enforcement in Chicago // Conozca sus derechos como persona experimentando falta de vivienda: Aplicación de la ley federal en Chicago chicagohomeless.org/outreach/
Reposted by Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness
@chicagohomeless.bsky.social and our partners are doing everything we can to ensure the safety of those experiencing homelessness
City officials are working with the anti-homelessness nonprofit organization All Chicago to help prepare encampment communities located in places like parks and underpasses, for the possible deployment of the National Guard and other federal agents.
Chicago housing groups brace for possible sweeps of homeless encampments by the National Guard
The White House says it has cleared dozens of homeless encampments in D.C. Housing advocates say they want to be prepared if troops come to Chicago.
trib.al
August 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
@chicagohomeless.bsky.social and our partners are doing everything we can to ensure the safety of those experiencing homelessness
We are aware of reports that the Trump Administration may deploy federal troops to Chicago soon. We know that this may directly impact Chicagoans experiencing homelessness and many people—including us—are concerned and afraid of what might happen.
Pentagon planning military deployment to Chicago in coming weeks, report says
The Washington Post reported Saturday that Defense Department officials have been planning for weeks to deploy federal troops to Chicago.
chicago.suntimes.com
August 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
We are aware of reports that the Trump Administration may deploy federal troops to Chicago soon. We know that this may directly impact Chicagoans experiencing homelessness and many people—including us—are concerned and afraid of what might happen.
Reposted by Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness
A President who wanted to solve homelessness would draw a straight line between this news & more unhoused people. Then they would find ways to increase rental assistance, stabilize rent costs & increase supply. That would be solution oriented.
www.redfin.com/news/rental-...
www.redfin.com/news/rental-...
U.S. Apartment Asking Rents Post Biggest Increase in 2.5 Years
The median asking rent rose 1.7% year over year to $1,790 in July. Shrinking supply may be tilting the balance of power toward landlords.
www.redfin.com
August 15, 2025 at 12:48 PM
A President who wanted to solve homelessness would draw a straight line between this news & more unhoused people. Then they would find ways to increase rental assistance, stabilize rent costs & increase supply. That would be solution oriented.
www.redfin.com/news/rental-...
www.redfin.com/news/rental-...
Help us improve outcomes for justice-impacted individuals! The Restoring Rights and Opportunities Coalition of IL wants to learn about the resources people receive exiting prison. If you were incarcerated in IDOC, please complete our survey: bit.ly/GateMoneySurvey @cabrinigreenlegal.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Help us improve outcomes for justice-impacted individuals! The Restoring Rights and Opportunities Coalition of IL wants to learn about the resources people receive exiting prison. If you were incarcerated in IDOC, please complete our survey: bit.ly/GateMoneySurvey @cabrinigreenlegal.bsky.social