Cook County Commissioners okayed the use of $7 million in federal COVID-19 funds for Evanston nonprofit Connections for the Homeless to purchase the Margarita Inn, a long term homeless shelter that has operated in the city since the early days of the pandemic.
Cook County Commissioners approved the use of federal COVID-19 funds for the Evanston nonprofit Connections for the Homeless to purchase the Margarita Inn, a former upscale hotel very near downtown Evanston that has operated as a long-term homeless shelter since the early days of the pandemic.
Councilmembers Clare Kelly and Thomas Suffredin voted against the special use and operating agreement with Kelly stating more specific protections for residents should be included. Tavoularis suspects this could be from misunderstandings around how Connections funding serves its patrons. “If we have $1,000 to spend, we get to spend $1,000 on five people or we get to spend $1,000 on 500 people,” she said. “We don’t get more than $1,000 because there’s 500 people.
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