Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago closes its largest tent city and moves most residents into apartments and shelters

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WBEZ

As Chicago clears away its biggest tent city, a former gang leader says he won’t settle for a homeless shelter

Officials say everyone in a Humboldt Park tent encampment has to leave. Most are getting an apartment, but not everyone. As the weather turns cold, James Rios and his girlfriend are gradually moving ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago is closing its biggest tent city but comes up short on promised apartments

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WBEZ

Ahead of the DNC, City Hall spent $814,000 on a fence to lock out homeless people

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration spent $814,000 on a giant fence as part of an effort to shut down one of the city’s largest and most visible homeless encampments ahead of the Democratic ...
ABC 7 Chicago

City begins removal of Gompers Park tent encampment on Northwest Side

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Encampment homes were seen being cleared out of a park on Chicago's Far Northwest Side on Friday. It was the beginning of a clearing of the camp to allow restorations at Gompers Park, ...