DiscoverIn the Loop with Sasha-Ann SimonsAffordability Crisis Leaves Chicagoans To Fill Gaps
Affordability Crisis Leaves Chicagoans To Fill Gaps

Affordability Crisis Leaves Chicagoans To Fill Gaps

Update: 2025-12-24
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According to GoFundMe’s end-of-year report, campaigns to fund basic necessities like housing, utilities and groceries are on the rise after quadrupling in 2024. In the Loop gets insight on how we got here, how this impact is felt locally, and local efforts to close gaps through mutual aid efforts and policy shifts. Dion Dawson, founder, executive director Dion’s Chicago Dream and Bob Palmer, Policy Director Housing Action Illinois and Rep. Brad Schneider, 10th District sat down with host Sasha-Ann Simons.

For a full archive of In the Loop interviews, head over to wbez.org/intheloop.
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Affordability Crisis Leaves Chicagoans To Fill Gaps

Affordability Crisis Leaves Chicagoans To Fill Gaps