Both the Thornton and McCook reservoirs are critical parts of MWRD’s Tunnel and Reservoir Plan, known as TARP or “The Deep ...

Resources for affordable housing, eviction, homeless shelters, and daily needs for people facing housing insecurity in Chicago.

Both schools formally closed the following month. (ASPIRA also shut down a Northwest Side middle school in 2025 because of ...

As the Trump administration seeks to cut funding for housing-first models of homelessness prevention, thousands could be at ...

Available via 911 throughout Chicago, CARE sends behavioral health professionals to help people experiencing mental health crises, providing resources to address their unmet health and social needs.

Approved in 1986 and amended over the years, the Residential Landlord and Tenant Ordinance (RLTO) is meant to “protect and promote the public health, safety and welfare of its citizens” and “to ...

The City of Chicago is selling debt residents and visitors owe for municipal fines and fees to a private debt collector as a way to help cover its 2026 budget gap. While owing money for traffic ...

Money that individual residents or employees owe directly to a municipality. Such debt can include vehicular debt (unpaid speeding, red-light camera or parking tickets), utility bills (water, ...

Chicago is tapping Bank of America to carry out its unprecedented sale of city-owned debt, a city spokesperson said. The deal with the San Francisco-based bank is one step forward in the city’s plan ...

Editor’s note: This story discusses crisis mental healthcare and mentions violent crime. Chicago Documenters notes from Nikebia Brown-Joseph, Katie Busch, Fabienne Elie, Ava Grubb, Holland Harmon, ...

“Our seniors, low-income families with small children, and persons with disabilities simply can't afford this. They are also not able to walk those long distances into those parks.” — Anne Holcomb, an ...

Chicago Documenters notes from Layla Brown-Clark, Katie Busch, Madeleine Davison, Katrina Herring and Brandi Scarber were used to help report this story. Find more public meeting coverage at ...