Best of: Why Can’t We Stop Homelessness?
A homeless man occupies a Chicago Transit Authority bus shelter. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
There have been many attempts over the years to help people deal with homelessness and the problems that cause it. But how successful have those efforts actually been? Where do we stand in the fight against homelessness here in Illinois? And what will it take to reach, as Governor JB Pritzker has called it, “functional zero” homelessness?
GUESTS:
Christine Haley
State Homelessness Chief for the Illinois Department of Human Services
Rev. Dwight Ford
Executive Director, Project NOW, Quad Cities
Jessica McCann
Program Manager, Champaign County Regional Planning Commission
Co-Chair, Champaign County Continuum of Service Providers to the Homeless
A version of this conversation was first broadcast August 31, 2023.