A fire broke out at a homeless encampment in Chicago's Legion Park on Monday, prompting the Chicago Fire Department to ...

City of Chicago officials cleared a homeless encampment at Gompers Park on the Northwest Side earlier this year but the story didn’t end there.  A new encampment popped up directly across from Gompers ...

A tent fire that broke out Monday morning at a homeless encampment reignited safety concerns for individuals experiencing homelessness and living in public parks. The encampment along the North Shore ...

The Chicago Park District is closing an encampment for people experiencing homelessness on the city's Northwest Side.ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watchThe park district said there ...

Shamus Toomey, Editor in Chief and co-founder of Block Club Chicago, joins Bob Sirott to share the latest Chicago ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Nearly seven months after the ABC7 I-Team found thousands of illicit drug needles near a downtown homeless encampment on the Chicago River, city officials have started cleaning ...

Billed as “ending crime and disorder on America’s streets,” the order would shift funds away from “housing first” and “harm reduction” efforts and ease removing encampments and institutionalizing ...

Francisco Guerrero, left and Tania Navarrete, both former Gompers Park encampment residents, watch Navarrete's cat, Tinkerbell, as she plays in her new apartment on July 18, 2025, in Chicago.

The order directs Attorney General Pam Bondi to “reverse judicial precedents and end consent decrees” that limit jurisdictions’ abilities to relocate homeless people.

The city hopes to improve around 750 permanent shelter beds, increase Americans with Disabilities Act accessibility and create 350 beds in private rooms.