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A man crosses the street in front of Hotel One Sixty-Six on March 23, 2020. More than 260 people from 18 homeless shelters have stayed there.

Advocates call for more permanent housing units for vulnerable homeless Chicagoans as COVID-19 crisis eases: ‘An issue of racial justice’

June 11, 2020 at 4:06 p.m.

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...

Personal médico y estudiantes de medicina en el centro de pruebas de coronavirus en VIDA Wellness Center en La Villita.

Temen que las cosas empeoren aún más entre latinos y contagios por COVID-19

June 5, 2020 at 2:02 p.m.

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...

Medical staff meet before the start of coronavirus testing at the VIDA Wellness Center in Little Village on May 6, 2020. Howard Brown Health/VIDA has been performing COVID-19 tests in Little Village.

Latinos have the highest COVID-19 infection rate in Illinois. As restrictions ease, community leaders fear things will get even worse.

June 5, 2020 at 5:14 p.m.

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...

Ramonita Masas en un balcón común del edificio donde reside.

Residentes de complejos de vivienda subsidiada en su mayoría negros y latinos, se sienten olvidados y desprotegidos ante COVID-19

May 22, 2020 at 1:56 p.m.

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...

Ramonita Masas, 66, looks out from a common balcony in her Chicago Housing Authority apartment building on the Near North Side on May 8, 2020. She said the pandemic has meant she hasn't had a chance to talk to her neighbors or knock on their doors like she usually would.

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.’

May 22, 2020 at 6:23 a.m.

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...

Dr. Thomas Huggett at Hotel One Sixty-Six Magnificent Mile on May 4, 2020.

During pandemic, swanky Gold Coast hotel has become a haven for people living on the street and others at risk. ‘Housing is health care.’

May 11, 2020 at 3:08 p.m.

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...

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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’

Temen que las cosas empeoren aún más entre latinos y contagios por COVID-19

Latinos have the highest COVID-19 infection rate in Illinois. As restrictions ease, community leaders fear things will get even worse.

Residentes de complejos de vivienda subsidiada en su mayoría negros y latinos, se sienten olvidados y desprotegidos ante COVID-19

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.’

During pandemic, swanky Gold Coast hotel has become a haven for people living on the street and others at risk. ‘Housing is health care.’

Comunidades latinas fuertemente golpeadas por COVID-19 en Illinois

Latino communities in Illinois see uptick in COVID-19 confirmed cases: ‘Physical distancing is a privilege’

State housing alliance regrants $340,000 in coronavirus-related financial aid to agencies helping homeless

10 residents at South Shore nursing home die from COVID-19, 100 more test positive for the coronavirus