Chicago Homeless

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Stimulus Funds Put Homeless Agencies In Bind

Chi-Town Daily News | Adrian G. Uribarri | Posted 09.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Homeless, Illinois Budget Deficit, Economic Stimulus Package, Homelessness, Stimulus Package, Housing Action Illinois, Illinois Stimulus Funds, Chicago News

In early July federal officials promised more than $67 million in stimulus funds to prevent homelessness in Illinois. They saw it as a way to help fam...

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Of No Fixed Address: Red Tape

Christopher Devine | Posted 06.19.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Homelessness, US Poverty, Identification, Alcoholism, Chicago Homeless, Illinois Identification Card Act, Chicago News

Overpriced ID cards may not be at the root of homelessness, but they do make for one hell of a stumbling block.

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StreetWise Lives On As Donations Pour In

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 05.22.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Streetwise, Chicago Homeless, Streetwise Funding, Streetwise Donations, Streetwise Chicago, Chicago News

UPDATED The scramble to save StreetWise, the weekly Chicago magazine that employs homeless people as vendors, appears to have succeeded, the Chicago ...

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Of No Fixed Address: The Curse of the Irish

Christopher Devine | Posted 04.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Poverty, Homelessness, US Poverty, Alcoholism, Chicago Irish, Chicago Homeless, Oral History, Homeless Immigrants, Chicago News

'I used to see guys who were on the street and homeless, and I just never fathomed that it could be me one day.'

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Of No Fixed Address: Terrorized Around the Clock

Christopher Devine | Posted 03.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Mental Illness, Chicago Homeless, Homeless Women Chicago, Poverty, Homelessness, Oral History, Chicago News

Mental illness can lead to homelessness, but the stress of losing one's home, sleeping on a park bench, and surviving from nickel to nickel could just as easily exacerbate a predisposition to mental illness.

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Of No Fixed Address: A Christmas To Remember

Christopher Devine | Posted 02.09.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Drug Addiction, Streetwise, Homelessness, Crack Cocaine, Chicago Homeless, Drugs, Crack, Old Town Chicago, Chicago News

This is the seventh in a series of excerpts from my book Of No Fixed Address: A Collection of Voices from the Streets of Chicago.

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Of No Fixed Address: A Real Job

Christopher Devine | Posted 01.19.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Veterans PTSD, Poverty, Homeless Veterans, Panhandling, Homelessness, Chicago Homeless, Ptsd, Oral History, Streetwise, Chicago News

This is the sixth in a series of excerpts from my book Of No Fixed Address: A Collection of Voices from the Streets of Chicago.

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Of No Fixed Address: The Panhandler's Playbook

Christopher Devine | Posted 02.09.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago News, Chicago Homeless, Poverty, Panhandling, Homelessness, Oral History, Panhandler, Chicago News

This is the fifth in a series of excerpts from my oral history Of No Fixed Address: A Collection of Voices from the Streets of Chicago.

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CTA to Eject Rush-Hour Riders?

Mike Doyle | Posted 01.05.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Transit Authority, 2016 Olympics Chicago, CTA Continuous Riders, Chicago Homeless, Cta, Ron Huberman, Richard Daley, Homeless CTA Riders, Ed Shurna, Pat Ryan, Chicago News

The CTA remains adamant that its continuous-rider policy is not aimed at homeless people. But the hypocrisy behind the agency's policy is brutally evident.

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CTA's Holiday Homeless Harassment

Mike Doyle | Posted 12.25.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Homeless, Cta, Holiday Season, Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago Public Transit, Ron Huberman, Poverty, Chicago L, CTA Homeless Policy, Chicago News

For a public agency in Chicago to threaten to throw homeless people out onto freezing streets in far-flung corners of the city without as much as caring whether they have the means to get to a shelter is unnecessary and cruel in equal measure.

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Of No Fixed Address: God Planned It

Christopher Devine | Posted 12.01.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Illiteracy, Homeless Women Chicago, Homelessness, Adult Illiteracy, Chicago News, Chicago Homeless, Chicago Poverty, US Poverty, Oral History, Chicago News

This is the fourth in a series of excerpts from my book Of No Fixed Address: A Collection of Voices from the Streets of Chicago

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Soup Kitchens Expect Busy Winter

Chi-Town Daily News | Ian Fullerton | Posted 12.20.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Cornerstone Community Outreach, Chicago Soup Kitchens, Chicago Homeless, Cook County Unemployment Rate, Chicago Poverty, Chicago Food Pantries, Chicago News

Chicago's emergency food pantries and soup kitchens are gearing up for a busy winter, thanks to spiraling unemployment and food costs. With the unemp...

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Of No Fixed Address: Class Warfare

Christopher Devine | Posted 11.17.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Homeless, Homeless Veterans, Chicago Gentrification, Vietnam Veterans, Homeless Vietnam Vets, Chicago Housing Costs, Chicago News

'On the streets, it's what you need. It's not what you want.'

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Of No Fixed Address: Poor Is Everybody

Christopher Devine | Posted 11.09.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Homeless Women Chicago, US Poverty, Homeless Youth Illinois, Chicago Homeless, Single Room Occupancy, Oral History, Homeless Youth Chicago, Chicago Homeless Shelters, Chicago Poverty, Homelessness, Chicago News

A man on the street once said to me, "I wish I could just go somewhere and be with some people. You know, just socialize with some people. Not a shelter. Just a place to hang out, you know? But I'm homeless, man. I ain't got nowhere to go." Brunches like these seem to fill that void.

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Of No Fixed Address: The Gospel According to Art

Christopher Devine | Posted 11.01.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Lincoln Park Homeless, Poverty, Lincoln Park, Homelessness, US Poverty, Chicago Homeless, Oral History, Chicago News

Art and his friend Martin have set up camp in a long, narrow storage space below a three-flat in west Lincoln Park. A single bulb lights the enclosed room.

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