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Migrants Find Community, Resources in New Uptown Housing
Clip: 1/4/2024 | 2m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
Chicago’s 60-day shelter-stay limit has asylum seekers looking to find permanent housing.
Casa Monarca organizer Luisette Kraal said the privately funded apartment-style housing run by Nuevos Vecinos promises dignity and community for the 11 families living there.
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Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices is a local public television program presented by WTTW
Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices
Migrants Find Community, Resources in New Uptown Housing
Clip: 1/4/2024 | 2m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
Casa Monarca organizer Luisette Kraal said the privately funded apartment-style housing run by Nuevos Vecinos promises dignity and community for the 11 families living there.
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>> THANK JOANNA.
>> THE CITY, 60 DAY SHELTER.
STAY LIMIT.
HAS ASYLUM SEEKERS LOOKING TO FIND PERMANENT HOUSING IN THE AREA?
A NEW PRIVATELY FUNDED APARTMENT STYLE ARRANGEMENT HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS SINCE OCTOBER AND COULD OFFER A SOLUTION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH WTW NEWS JOURNALISM STUDENTS FROM NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY'S MADILL SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM TOOK A LOOK AT THIS UNIQUE HOUSING ARRANGEMENT.
>> 28 YEAR-OLD KYRA STRAVA IS A VENEZUELAN ASYLUM SHE INITIALLY STAYED AT THE LARGEST CHICAGO FUNDED MIGRANT SHELTER, BUT SAYS SHE ENCOUNTERED DANGEROUS CIRCUMSTANCES IT CAN BE MORE OF THE WANT TO PAY THAT THEM BEING FRIGHTENED, BUT WILL BE AROUND IT BY DANGER TO CHILDREN ABOUT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE BAD FROM COMPANIES.
THEY LOOK FOR CONFLICT AND THAT BRINGS CONFLICT.
>> SO YOU KIND OF THAT WITH LOCAL MEDIA.
>> SHE NOW LIVES A CUSTOM, AN ARCA IN UPTOWN.
GIVE THANK >> WE LIVE MORE NO ONE IS SMOKING OR IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE I FEEL WORKING.
IT'S A BIG PART OF THE COMPUTERS AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT >> MONARCH ORGANIZER LUIS CROW SAYS THAT THE PRIVATELY FUNDED APARTMENT STYLE HOUSING RUN BY LEVELS SEE KNOWLES PROMISES DIGNITY AND COMMUNITY WITH 11 FAMILIES LIVING THAT.
>> SO THE IDEA IF YOU ARE ALONE IN COUNTY, BUT IF YOU FIND COUPLE OF FAMILIES.
SHINE AND TO GET KIDS TO SCHOOL, PICKED THEM UP.
AND HELP THINKS THEY WON'T BE SO LONELY.
>> SOMEONE ARCA HELPS RESIDENTS LEARN HOW TO FINANCE A HOME IN THE CITY THEY HAVE TO SIGN THE CONTACT AND STICK TO IT.
IT'S ALL THE INNING.
>> IT ALSO OFFERS OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES.
>> DO I THINK GLASSES?
GLASSES STATES SHOPPING CLASSES.
CAN TALKED LIKE THAT.
>> ESTABLISHING A COMMUNITY WHILE SETTING UP ASYLUM SEEKERS WITH THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO FIND PERMANENT FOR WTW NEW THINGS AND NORTHWESTERN'S MEDILL SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM.
I'M ABLE THOMPSON, BEAUTIFUL ONE.
Chicago Paid At Least $138M to Care for Migrants in 2023
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Clip: 1/4/2024 | 2m 49s | That tally defies predictions the cost to taxpayers would top $361 million in 2023. (2m 49s)
Chicago Suburbs Seek to Curb Unannounced Migrant Drop-Offs
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Clip: 1/4/2024 | 9m 13s | A plane from Texas carrying 355 migrants landed in Rockford early Sunday. (9m 13s)
What Homebuyers, Sellers Can Expect in 2024
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Clip: 1/4/2024 | 6m 6s | Latinos are a growing demographic of homebuyers, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. (6m 6s)
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