Thanks to @wbez.org & @chicago.suntimes.com for covering @chicagohomeless.bsky.social‘s updated homelessness estimate. Hear a discussion on it today at 4:00 CST with @brian-goldstone.bsky.social!
Registe here - act.chicagohomeless.org/a/estimate
Thanks to @chicagomag.com for talking to me about encampments for @chicagohomeless.bsky.social.
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Cavapoo wearing clogs
I’ll keep it simple.
Callahan is holding these clogs until I raise $5,000 for @chicagohomeless.bsky.social for #GivingTuesday.
It’s unconventional, but these are crazy times. Thank you for supporting CCH & saving the clogs.
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Homelessness in the U.S. is far more pervasive than the official figures suggest: roughly four million people are without housing right now.
Many are part of the low-wage labor force, powering the very economy that has abandoned them.
I spoke with PBS News about this devastating reality (Part 1):
HUD is going make thousands of formerly homeless people homeless again through their funding and policy changes. We will see it in our shelters, in encampments, and in doubled-up households.
Combine this horrible policy change with SNAP and Medicaid work requirements. With the coming loss of ACÁ insurance subsidie. With decimating funding for homeless youth in school. It adds up intentional cruelty and pain for people at the margins.
the @chicagoreader.com also put together know your rights resources for unhoused folks interacting with federal agents in chicago, based on the excellent information compiled by @chicagohomeless.bsky.social.
they're available in spanish: chicagoreader.com/news/conozca...
and english:
I appreciate both @katieprout.bsky.social’s write-up and @brian-goldstone.bsky.social’sshout out to @chicagohomeless.bsky.social‘s workin his recent visit to Chicago to discuss his excellent book “There is No Place for Us.”
We can’t solve homelessness without first understanding its true scope.
With millions at risk of losing SNAP in the coming days, a reminder: hunger doesn't happen in isolation. When food assistance disappears, families use rent money to eat. Then come evictions and homelessness.
Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.
“Cruz’s friend, who is homeless, did not have legal status and was taken away by the feds.”
It’s almost an afterthought in this article. We have no idea how many unhoused folks have been taken.
ICE has hit three homeless shelters in the last week. All shelters that were set up to serve migrants.
So they forced people to move to Chicago, Chicago stood up shelters to support migrants, and the feds use those shelters as targets for their kidnapping.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/01/b...
Downtown Chicago, today.
The little girl …
According to reporters on the ground, ICE is now **deliberately firing** what appears to be "non-lethals" at press at this morning's protest in Broadview, IL. One @unraveledpress.com reporter got hit.
Unraveled has been putting in serious work during this crisis--throw them some cash if you can.
LOCATION: N ALBANY AVE & W FOSTER AVE, SHELTER NEAR RIVER PARK DATE: SEPTEMBER 23, 2025 TIME: 11:00 AM ICE officials detained 2 people at the migrant shelter near River Park. Two Chevy Tahoes with tinted windows, one black without plates and one blue, were seen patrolling nearby. The situation is not ongoing, however, we advise community members to be alert. Alderwoman Rodríguez and city officials are aware and volunteers are monitoring the area. Situation is not ongoing, however we advise community members to be alert. IF YOU SEE THIS PLEASE REPORT TO ICIRR HOTLINE (855)-435-7693
NWSRR is now reporting ICE agents snatched two people at the migrant shelter near River Park this morning:
As I've said before, for a chronic, loggorrheic liar, Donald Trump can be shockingly honest, such as when he said at Charlie Kirk's funeral: "I hate my opponent, and I don't want the best for them.” That's why he wants to send the military into Chicago. Not to reduce crime, but to hurt the city.
Thanks to @chicagotribune.com for sharing @chicagohomeless.bsky.social & CFTEH‘s letter. No one wants people to have to sleep in parks or under viaducts or anywhere else unsheltered. Let’s come together around the solution - new revenue for permanent housing & service.
WSJ headline: "Trump Administration Cancels Annual Hunger Survey The government has been measuring food insecurity since the mid-1990s but now says the report has become ‘overly politicized’"
Truly outrageous. Erasing the evidence of mounting suffering won't make it go away.
It's just a matter of time before he cancels the annual homeless count.
“frontally addressing questions of deservingness” is the name of my new album.
Share with your networks. Direct, low barrier cash assistance works.
Believing that homelessness is the result of ”individual choices” allows you to avoid discomfort and abdicate yourself of responsibility for contributing to systemic solutions.
I found this post really helpful in wrapping my brain around the different agencies that might do Chicago raids.
The biggest takeaway: A lot of attention is on the the National Guard. But federal LEO's (ICE, FBI, etc.) can exert just as much (if not more) muscle & there's less to stop them.
My column on the front page of the Sun-Times today:
My original headline was "Flash! Crime terror (doesn't) grip Kill City!" But my editor thought that might confuse people. I liked "Kill City" myself.
www.everygoddamnday.com/2025/09/flas...
A Labor Day reminder: today there isn't a single city, metro area, or state in the U.S. where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford a modest 2-bedroom apartment.
Millions of people with jobs—even multiple jobs—aren't safe from homelessness in this country.
We prepared this Know Your Rights card in partnership with All Chicago to support the unsheltered on the coming weeks. We also created a phone line to answer question and help direct people to resources.
We are going to do all we can to protect people in this moment of threat.
@chicagohomeless.bsky.social and our partners are doing everything we can to ensure the safety of those experiencing homelessness
We are aware of reports that the Trump Administration may deploy federal troops to Chicago soon. We know that this may directly impact Chicagoans experiencing homelessness and many people—including us—are concerned and afraid of what might happen.
The fastest-growing homeless population in America? School-age children.
Last year, student homelessness in California—where rents continue to soar past wages—rose by 20,000, reaching its highest level in a decade.
But sure, keep insisting homelessness is all about mental illness and addiction.
Talked to kid who has first job out of undergrad helping folks on Medicaid w/ serious healthcare issues. Said something to me like "they all have housing issues, unstable, unsafe housing...so much of it tied to housing"
Housing instability is a cause, not just a symptom, of so many problems.
