Chicago city departments on Wednesday moved forward with what they called a cleanup effort at the homeless encampment in Gompers Park on the Northwest Side. Concerns about the encampment have been ...

Chicago’s chief homelessness officer, talk to reporters during a DFFS “accelerated moving event” for residents of Gompers Park’s homeless encampments on March 5, 2025. (Audrey Richardson ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — A small group of activists gathered Monday evening in protest outside a northwest side alderman’s office, upset about the city’s actions in moving people facing homelessness ...

Signs posted at the park said tents on the Foster Avenue side would be banned starting April 1, but city officials held off ...

Amid ongoing plans to clear the Gompers Park homeless encampment ... From now through March 31, CAMP Chicago on North Avenue in the City’s Old Town neighborhood will offer the opportunity ...

city officials and homeless advocates on the best path forward for the people who have set up camp along Foster Avenue. The future of the roughly 20 people in the Gompers Park encampment remains ...

And yet, homelessness in Chicago has risen by over 200%, with encampment closures in places like Humboldt Park and Gompers Park displacing residents, some with no path to housing. As we watch the ...