To organize and advocate to prevent and end homelessness because we believe housing is a human right in a just society.

CCH leads strategic campaigns, community outreach, and public policy initiatives that target the lack of affordable housing in metropolitan Chicago and Illinois. CCH also presses for access to jobs, training, and public schools. Our policy specialists, public interest attorneys, and community organizers work with people hurt by homelessness - mothers with children, unaccompanied youth, ex-offenders, prostitution survivors, and low-wage workers. We are the only Illinois non-profit dedicated to advocating public policies that can curb – and one day, end – homelessness. CCH works to preserve the shelter safety net, to secure more affordable housing and rents, boost access to transitional jobs, support services, and schools, and create re-entry options and alternatives to incarceration.

Homeless families & individuals
Creating affordable housing
Women's Empowerment Project
Advocating for health care