The annual "point-in-time" count determines how federal funds are distributed and can influence local policy, though some ...

As freezing Arctic winds started to blow into Chicago, bringing the coldest weather in seven years, city officials and ...

The Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness says the city’s official “point-in-time” count misses people living in abandoned ...

How the government counts people who experience homelessness is quite different from how the Chicago Coalition to End ...

Chicago has released new numbers on homelessness, and they show far more people without housing than previously thought.

Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness reveals count of homeless that is different from numbers reported by Department of ...

Extreme cold has moved into the Chicago area, and while an official advisory has expired, wind chills are still making it ...

Tonight, hundreds of volunteers are fanning out across Chicago in freezing temperatures for a federally required effort to ...

Hundreds of volunteers are spreading out across Chicago tonight in freezing temperatures for a federally required effort to better understand homelessness in the city.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The city of Chicago is trying to count the number of homeless people on the streets right now. The federal government mandates that this be done each January for cities to qualify for ...