Dec 04 2024 7 mins 9
This Friday, Chicago officials plan to clear out what remains of the city’s biggest homeless encampment.
They say they’re providing rent-free apartments to most people in Humboldt Park’s tent city … and offering shelter beds to the rest.
As encampments have grown across Chicago, the scale of the housing effort is unprecedented.
But the people not getting an apartment are wondering why.
WBEZ’s Chip Mitchell reports…
HOST: DIXON
They say they’re providing rent-free apartments to most people in Humboldt Park’s tent city … and offering shelter beds to the rest.
As encampments have grown across Chicago, the scale of the housing effort is unprecedented.
But the people not getting an apartment are wondering why.
WBEZ’s Chip Mitchell reports…
HOST: DIXON
