Homelessness

Cities in Illinois and across the country have laws regulating panhandling. But courts are tossing them out, and Springfield’s ordinance could be next.…

About 50 Illinois homeless youth and service providers essentially ambushed Gov. Bruce Rauner Tuesday. Their goal was to bring attention to a lack of…

Illinois groups that help homeless youths recently asked Gov. Bruce Rauner to support legislation releasing money state money to them. They had hoped he…

Illinois has collected million dollars earmarked for helping the homeless. But the budget impasse means the money is continuing to sit untouched for now.…

The state budget impasse could put more young people out on the streets this winter. Corey Stewart became homeless when he was 18, after his mother died…

The second installment of a three-part series on homelessness looks at how the problem plagues Illinoisans in the state’s rural reaches, tooA quieter,…

Estimates of the homeless populations in the state and the nation were released yesterday by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development,…

The first installment in a series on homelessness looks at a campaign to get the city and public schools to target the needs of homeless Chicago…

A survey of homeless shelters shows 90 percent of them are denying services because they're getting no state funding during a political feud. Policy…