How the city plans to house migrants this winter
The number of people needing permanent housing has nearly doubled over the past several weeks as migrants continue to arrive in the city.
As winter weather quickly approaches, the city of Chicago is working to find a way to house the thousands of migrants who are currently sleeping inside and outside of police stations and at airports.
Reset spoke with Mayor Johnson’s deputy chief of staff to learn more about the plan to build so-called “winterized base camps” and what role the city is taking to prepare migrants for their first winter in Chicago.
GUEST: Cristina Pacione-Zayas, deputy chief of staff for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson
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How the city plans to house migrants this winter
The number of people needing permanent housing has nearly doubled over the past several weeks as migrants continue to arrive in the city.
As winter weather quickly approaches, the city of Chicago is working to find a way to house the thousands of migrants who are currently sleeping inside and outside of police stations and at airports.
Reset spoke with Mayor Johnson’s deputy chief of staff to learn more about the plan to build so-called “winterized base camps” and what role the city is taking to prepare migrants for their first winter in Chicago.
GUEST: Cristina Pacione-Zayas, deputy chief of staff for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson