Tell Your Alderperson: Bring Chicago Home!

More than 86,000 people in Chicago are experiencing homelessness. While many reside in shelters, many more are forced to double up, couch surf, relocate, and find other ways to stay off the streets. Poor, BIPOC and other marginalized Chicagoans are struggling, and rising rent prices and job losses from COVID-19 have only intensified the crisis.

Thankfully, we have an effective way forward. Together with a coalition of community organizations from across the city, JCUA is working to win the Bring Chicago Home campaign, which will address Chicago's housing crisis by creating a dedicated revenue stream for permanent supportive housing — the proven solution to homelessness — using money generated from a progressive Real Estate Transfer Tax. Learn more about BCH's proposal.

Right now, we need to put pressure on all 50 Chicago alderpeople and Mayor Lori Lightfoot to get the Bring Chicago Home initative on the ballot for the next election! Please take 30 seconds to fill out the below information, which will send an email to your alderperson encouraging them to bring forward our campaign!

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As your constituent, I believe Chicago needs to do more to reduce homelessness in our city. More than 86,000 Chicagoans are experiencing homelessness right now — yet our city government is not doing nearly enough to respond.

I am personally asking you to push Mayor Lori Lightfoot to work with State Legislators and the Bring Chicago Home Coalition to make a significant investment to house people experiencing homelessness.

Bring Chicago Home presents a win-win solution. By decreasing the Real Estate Transfer Tax (RETT) on properties sold for less than $1 million, and raising it on properties sold more than $1 million, we can generate revenue to help address the budget deficit AND homelessness. The lack of quality affordable housing underpins many of the issues in our city. By ensuring families have a roof over their head, we are not only doing the right thing, but we are making our communities more accessible, safer and equitable.

More than 77% of Chicagoans believe that addressing homelessness should be a higher priority. With your support, we can Bring Chicago Home. The time to act is now.

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