On January 18, a judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by two CCH Law Project clients, arguing that the city of Chicago had unlawfully discriminated against homeless people when it redesigned the sidewalks under the Wilson and Lawrence viaducts in Uptown in order to prevent them from sleeping there. The city demolished the encampments so it could convert the sidewalk space where they resided into bike lanes, and made no effort to provide permanent housing to the people they evicted. Through our new campaign, Bring Chicago Home, we hope city officials focus on adequately funding support for people experiencing homelessness, rather than concocting ploys to purge them from public view. |