Commentary: The Chicago Housing Commissioner announced City Hall will finance permanent supportive housing for people leaving incarceration.
Chicago Housing Commissioner Marisa Novara at a news conference on May 24, 2021.before a packed room of housing developers, financiers and civic leaders when she turned to the most critical part of her message that day.
Novara’s statement stands out to those of us advocating for housing for people leaving incarceration. It was the first public acknowledgment by a local or state housing official in Illinois of the barriers returning residents face to accessing permanent supportive housing programs. These programs provide affordable housing assistance with voluntary support services to address the needs of people experiencing chronic homelessness.
Each year, around 11,000 people, mostly Black and Latino men, return to Chicago from state prisons. In 2020, City Hall estimated that of Chicago’s unsheltered residents, approximately 59% of men and 38% of women were formerly incarcerated. Despite these salient figures and a need for solutions, local and state housing officials have offered few, if any, permanent housing opportunities for returning residents.
This news is welcomed by advocates who for years urged city and state government to take steps to create flexible housing options that can serve returning residents.
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