Record #: SO2023-1011   
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Intro date: 2/1/2023 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Health and Human Relations
Final action: 4/19/2023
Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Chapters 2-44 and 2-50 by adding new Sections 2-44-070 and 2-50-085 to require annual reports from Department of Family and Support Services and Department of Housing on efforts to address homelessness
Sponsors: Cappleman, James
Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 2 - City Government & Administration - Ch. 50 Dept. of Family and Support Services, MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 4 - Businesses, Occupations & Consumer Protection - Ch. 44 Income Tax Preparers
Attachments: 1. SO2023-1011.pdf, 2. O2023-1011.pdf
su BSI1IUIE ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, on December 19, 2022, the Biden-Harris administration released a federal strategic plan to reduce homelessness by 25 percent by January 2025—an ambitious plan that will put us on the path to prevent and end homelessness in the United States; and
WHEREAS, each city, including Chicago, has been offered a roadmap for not only getting people into housing but also ensuring they have access to the support, services, and income that will allow them to live to their full potential; and
WHEREAS, an annual report of the City's efforts to address homelessness incentivizes City leaders and officials to stay informed and focused on interventions to help us meet the federal government's goal of reducing homelessness by 25 percent by January 2025; and
WHEREAS, the City's 2023 budget adopted seven principles to address homeless encampments as outlined by the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness to help further guide its efforts to addressing the plight of those living in encampments, and a report on the progress of the implementation of those seven principles will help to ensure that City leaders and officials remain focused on a consistent plan that will produce good outcomes; and
WHEREAS, the experiences of people encountering homelessness are complex, and the City Council's understanding of all the many different complexities will enable them to assist the Department of Family and Support Services ("DFSS") and the Department of Housing ("DOH") with their efforts to address homelessness and housing; and
WHEREAS, preventing and ending homelessness is a complex challenge supported by many partners, including DFSS, DOH, the Department of Public Health, the Chicago Housing Authority, the Chicago Continuum of Care, the Chicago Low-Income Housing Trust Fund, and all non-profits that may or may not receive City funding; and
WHEREAS, an annual report from DFSS and DOH to the appropriate committee will educate members of the City Council on ways to suppo...

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