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Chicago closes its largest tent city and moves most residents into apartments and shelters
Published 1 year, 4 months ago
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After months of work and warnings, Dec. 6 is the day that city officials pledged to clear Humboldt Park of all tents and homeless people.
The vast park on the Near Northwest Side has been home to Chicago’s largest tent city.
It's one of many encampments that have gone up in Chicago in recent years.
Since summer, city officials and advocates have been connecting people there with housing.
Now they say - housing or not - everyone sleeping at the park has got to go.
WBEZ’s Chip Mitchell has been reporting on the encampment and joins me now from the Humboldt Park neighborhood.
HOST: LANE