The Sun-Times reports - 2001 in Review - Chicago homeless statistics - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included

Chicago Reporter, The, Jan, 2002 by Kimiyo Naka, Concethia D. Campbell, Chloe Mister

The Sun-Times reports that Chicago's homeless population is ballooning beyond the city's ability to provide resources. And some advocates predict a "crisis" is imminent. More women and children are homeless than in the past, says Brady Harden, president of Inner Voice, a nonprofit that helps manage 18 shelters.

Of the 1,428 adults who sought help at Harden's shelters between July and September, about 25 percent were single mothers, he says. The Sun-Times reports the CHA and the federal Section 8 voucher program were options for the homeless in the past, but more than 33,000 families are on the CHA waiting list and nearly 22,000 on the Section 8 waiting list.