Chicago is the only sanctuary city that has pointed to resettlement as the primary solution to put thousands of migrants on a path to self-sufficiency. But there are not enough case managers or landlords willing or able to rent, leaving volunteers to fill the gaps.
When volunteers found there was no way of keeping the makeshift shelter in Pilsen open despite the need for spaces to house thousands of migrants living in police stations across Chicago, their priorities shifted. They needed to find a way to help the asylum-seekers find permanent housing without the city’s assistance to ensure they wouldn’t go back to a station or the streets.
But Maria Alejandra Larez, who lives at a city shelter, has not had the same luck. She’s faced a harder road trying to get assistance directly through the government’s rental assistance program, taking her just about three months to understand the process to apply. Reaching the case manager was difficult even after she found a landlord who was willing to rent, she said. “It’s like we’re a burden to them. I can see why, though. There are so many of us in there,” Larez said.
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