By Jackson Potter | April 27, 2021 | Features, News
File under: homeless, Homelessness, Housing, Lift the Ban, Rent control
We can help solve homelessness facing our students and families by giving municipalities and villages the right to enact rent control policies. HB 116, sponsored by Rep. Will Guzzardi, would lift the current statewide ban on rent control.
By CTU Communications | June 1, 2020 | News
File under: Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, homeless, STLS
New positions won in the historic 2019 CTU strike will be full-time and dedicated solely to removing barriers between families and public education.
By Sarah Rothschild | November 17, 2015 | Housing
File under: case managers, CPS administration, homeless, STLS
The Better Government Association (BGA) recently discovered that the CPS program to allocate CTA fare cards for students who are homeless or in unstable housing is a huge mess, with many of the fare cards missing or stolen.