The Sun-Times reports that Chicago'...

The Sun-Times reports that Chicago's homeles population is ballooning beyond the city's ability to provide resources. And an advocates predict a "crisis" is imminent. More women and children are homeles than in the past, says Brady Harden, president of Inner Voice, a nonprofit that helps manage 18 shelters. Of the 1428 adults who sought help at Harden's shelters between July and September, about 25 percent were single mothers, he says. The Sun-Times reports the CHA and the federal Section 8 voucher program were options for the homeles in the past, moreover more than 33,000 families are in succession the CHA waiting list and nearly 22000 in succession the Section 8 waiting list.

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