Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration says that summer programming will return to park district field houses this summer.
Mayor Brandon Johnson visits a temporary respite center for migrants and asylum seekers at Piotrowski Park in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago on May 16, 2023. Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration announced that on Saturday it will begin removing nearly 800 migrants, including men, women and children, being housed inside five Chicago Park District facilities across the city.
In announcing the decision Monday, city officials said that they anticipate full summer programming to return to those locations. The most recent city census of where migrants are being housed show that as of Friday there were 109 migrant family members at Brands Park, 3259 N. Elston Ave., 208 family members at Broadway Armory, – 5917 N. Broadway St., 279 single adults at Gage Park, 2411 W. 55th St., 57 single adults at the Leone Boathouse, 1222 W. Touhy Ave., and 142 migrant family members at Piotrowski Park, 4247 W. 31st St.
The Johnson administration said the housing operation for migrants at field houses would not have been possible without support from aldermen. But last summer, many aldermen said they were not looped into the process of deciding where and how to best house migrants in their ward.
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