April Harris, an organizer with the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, said having both a reliable source of funding and wraparound services is the only way to properly address homelessness. “Once people get housed, they stay housed.”
Advocates staged a tent city in the lobby of City Hall during Mayor Lori Lightfoot's budget address on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022, calling on Chicago to provide a dedicated stream of funding to tackle the problem of homelessness.
“We have come to the mayor on multiple occasions asking for the simple time at a table so we can speak to her. She won’t even open the door for us,” said Brother Mike Eldridge. “So we came out today to let her see what is hidden from her sight.” But the group said Lightfoot’s plans to use stimulus funds won’t adequately address the problem of homelessness, arguing that a dedicated funding stream from an increase in the RETT should go toward subsidized housing, prevention programs, employment services, mental health care and more.
“I didn’t know the proper terminology until recent, but I’ve been doubled up for years. And it’s not because I didn’t want to pay my rent, and I’m not the stereotype of what homeless looks like … I just never had a fair wage,” said Honni Harris, who described the shame and depression she felt spending years staying with her younger sister. “Why should I have to feel that way? I’ve been a good Chicagoan all my life, followed all the rules.
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