Kenwood Shelter To Stay Open As State Plans To Transfer Operations To City

Kenwood Shelter To Stay Open As State Plans To Transfer Operations To City – Block Club Chicago

When the city opened the Lake Shore facility a year and a half ago, city officials told Kenwood residents to expect a shelter in their neighborhood for at least six months. Now, plans for the Best Western shelter next door to the shuttered Lake Shore facility are indefinite.

Kenwood Shelter To Stay Open As State Plans To Transfer Operations To City

KENWOOD — State officials plan to transfer a South Side shelter for unhoused families to the city this summer, a move that some neighbors say continues a pattern of miscommunication and murkiness around local shelter plans.For most of last year, two neighboring shelters for asylum seekers and migrants were open at 4900 S. DuSable Lake Shore Drive in Kenwood: a city-run shelter at the former Lake Shore Hotel and a state-run shelter at the former …