Good afternoon, Chicago.
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration is moving ahead on a plan to get the homeless residents of a controversial Gompers Park encampment into housing. City officials laid out their plan today for an “accelerated moving event” at the Northwest Side park where people have lived in tents for months. The delayed effort’s “north star” is to get the encampment’s 29 residents into permanent housing, but the city will not be asking people to leave, Chief Homelessness Officer Sendy Soto said.
“We want to ensure that they are receiving the services and that this does not feel like a displacement for them, but rather receiving a benefit and an opportunity,” Soto said.
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Chicago Fire training facility opens amid continued frustration from community and advocates
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