CHICAGO (CBS) -- New research is focusing on the growing issue of people experiencing homelessness in Chicago. According to new data, there are currently more than 68,000 homeless people in the city.

In 2014, a “point-in-time count” during a single night in January of Chicago’s homeless population found 5,329 people in homeless shelters and another 965 unsheltered residents, according to ...

But accurately counting this population is complicated. "Homelessness has been a part of Chicago for a long time," said U.S. Rep. Danny Davis, (D-7th District). This recent report from the Chicago ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- City officials said a one-night snapshot of the number of people experiencing homeless in Chicago shows the unhoused population has tripled year over year. Officials say migrants ...

Outside of the population of asylum-seekers ... more than 43,000 migrants who have arrived to Chicago while also working on strategies to end homelessness, said Maura McCauley, managing deputy ...

but endangers all of us if it's not being addressed in this particular population," Julie Dworkin of the Chicago Coalition For The Homeless said. Hand washing stations have started to be ...

nearly 7,000 in Chicago. Homelessness is costly to taxpayers. Homeless individuals are 3 to 13 times more likely than the general population to use emergency rooms for medical care, charging ...

While the tens of thousands of asylum-seekers propelled the city’s homeless population upward, Doug Schenkelberg, the executive director of the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, said the ...