As the Kennedy Expressway construction project kicked off, community organizations were able to move the majority of unhoused residents living in the viaducts and move them into temporary housing or on track to permanent housing. LatinoVoicesWTTW
But with just a few weeks’ notice, community organizations and leaders said they were able to move the majority of those residents into temporary housing and get some on track to permanent housing.
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless street outreach organizer Ali Simmons said that’s when his organization and other advocacy groups became involved. According to Ramirez-Rosa’s office, $500,000 was made available to help move those residents into temporary housing as well as put them on the road to permanent housing and wraparound supports.
“Not everybody has found permanent housing yet of those people,” Ramirez-Rosa said. “ … In some instances when people learn that there’s going to be a sweep, they just get up and leave, which is not what we want. We want people to stay where they’re at so we can meet them, so we can talk to them, so we can build that relationship and help them. But in some instances, people, when they do hear that the city is coming out, they think, ‘Oh my gosh, there’s gonna be a sweep.
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