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Advocates call for more permanent housing units for vulnerable homeless Chicagoans as COVID-19 crisis eases: ‘An issue of racial justice’
More rental units are needed to shield vulnerable Chicagoans without a home from the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report released by a coalition of doctors and advocates for homeless...
Temen que las cosas empeoren aún más entre latinos y contagios por COVID-19
Como tantos inmigrantes mexicanos, los padres de Melissa Martínez Zepeda no tienen el privilegio de trabajar desde casa. Sus lugares de trabajo, un almacén y una fábrica, continuaron funcionando incluso...
Latinos have the highest COVID-19 infection rate in Illinois. As restrictions ease, community leaders fear things will get even worse.
Like so many Mexican immigrants, Melissa Martinez Zepeda's parents don't have the privilege of working from home. Both of their workplaces — a warehouse and factory — continued to operate...
Residentes de complejos de vivienda subsidiada en su mayoría negros y latinos, se sienten olvidados y desprotegidos ante COVID-19
Al menos tres personas murieron a causa de COVID-19 en el edificio para residentes de la tercera edad donde vive Laura Brownlee, entre ellos una amiga cercana que visitaba con...
Residents say they are being kept in the dark about COVID-19 as nearly 90 deaths are recorded at low-income housing in Chicago. ‘This is dangerous.’
At least three people have died from COVID-19 in the senior citizens' high-rise where Laura Brownlee lives, including a close friend she visited often. But the landlord has said nothing...
During pandemic, swanky Gold Coast hotel has become a haven for people living on the street and others at risk. ‘Housing is health care.’
Joeal Hamlin eased himself into a plank position on the carpet, resting the weight of his body on his forearms, elbows and toes. Sweat dampened his cropped gray hair. His...
Comunidades latinas fuertemente golpeadas por COVID-19 en Illinois
A medida que una ola de infecciones por coronavirus se extiende por los vecindarios latinos en Chicago, un centro de salud en el vecindario del barrio de La Villita ha...
Latino communities in Illinois see uptick in COVID-19 confirmed cases: ‘Physical distancing is a privilege’
As a wave of coronavirus infections spreads through Latino neighborhoods in Chicago, one health site in Little Village has seen people so sick with the new coronavirus that they've passed...
State housing alliance regrants $340,000 in coronavirus-related financial aid to agencies helping homeless
Illinois agencies providing assistance for homeless individuals will receive grants from Housing Action Illinois, a coalition that champions lifting the state's ban on rent control and affordable housing, the coalition...
10 residents at South Shore nursing home die from COVID-19, 100 more test positive for the coronavirus
Ten residents of a South Shore senior center have died from coronavirus-related complications and about 100 more have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the company that runs it and several other...