homeless

Catholic Charities wants to build seven tiny homes for veterans near 79th Street and Emerald Avenue.

The touching moment was captured by an onlooker at a Lakeview Chipotle Thursday.

"Wherever we go, we'll survive," said one man living underneath an Uptown viaduct.

Small groups will bring Christmas cheer to Portage Park and Old Irving Park from 6:30 - 9 p.m. Dec. 15.

"We are harmless, and we are just as afraid as you are," Teri Sanchez wrote ahead of the holiday season.

The program is run by the Metropolitan Club for the nonprofit Breakthrough in East Garfield Park.

The amount of money raised may not be much, but the group makes it go a long way, officials said.

“We lament the way each of us in the community failed him,” Rev. Erik Christensen said Thursday night.

Safety fears expressed by residents, police and Ald. Colon have led to a reassessment of the project.

The underpass at Belmont and Kedzie avenues also has new barriers to keep transients out.

"That's not really an acceptable place for that encampment," 35th Ward Ald. Rey Colon said.

The 10 people told Madison, Wisc., police they were too afraid to continue living on the South Side.

A new version of the play debuts next month, and is inspired by the playwright's father.

Sarah's Circle hopes planned move will better serve homeless women in Uptown.

Daniel Neasom was seen hanging a woman out a window before dropping her to her death, prosecutors said.