City to move people in Gompers Park homeless encampment

City Begins Housing Residents Of Gompers Park Encampment After Contentious Process
The city conducted a much-anticipated Accelerated Moving Event at the Mayfair encampment Wednesday to connect residents with housing. The lack of affordable units on the Northwest Side is an ongoing barrier.
Nearly 30 at Gompers Park homeless encampment enroll with housing providers
The Accelerated Moving Event aims to persuade those living at the park on the 4200 block of West Foster Avenue to accept housing or shelter opportunities and provide them with support services.
City to move people in Gompers Park homeless encampment to more permanent housing via city's AME program
The Johnson Administration takes the first steps this morning in its plan to offer housing to homeless people living encampments in Gompers Park.
City begins rehousing efforts for Gompers Park homeless encampment residents
City officials began the process Wednesday of finding apartments for about 30 homeless people living in a Gompers Park encampment.
City of Chicago to hold moving event at homeless encampment in Gompers Park
No one in the encampment in the park, at 4222 W. Foster Ave. in the North Mayfair neighborhood, is being told to move.
Chicago starts moving people in Gompers Park homeless encampment to more permanent housing via city's AME program
The city's plan to move homeless people out of Gompers Park and into housing is underway Wednesday.
Effort to house Gompers Park homeless moving forward, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration says
City officials laid out their plan Tuesday for an “accelerated moving event” at the Northwest Side park where people have lived in tents for months.
Residents of homeless encampment at Chicago's Gompers Park offered long-term housing
The Chicago Department of Family and Support Services is holding an “accelerated moving event.”
Housing offered to Gompers Park encampment residents amid 'Accelerated Moving Event'
After months of debate, a long-standing homeless encampment in Gompers Park on Chicago’s Northwest Side is in the process of coming down.
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