Tag Archives: homelessness

Champaign’s Attempt to Criminalize Homelessness Fails after Swift Public Outcry

Posted on 04/10/2026 by Brian Dolinar

This is an edited version of an article originally published in Smile Politely on January 26, 2026. On December 2, 2025, after two and a half hours of public comment from some 40 community members, Champaign City Council voted 9-0 … Continue reading →

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Hope Village: The North End Community Speaks Out

Posted on 02/23/2025 by Melinda Carr and Jackie Curry and Darleen Bailey

The north-end community acknowledges that Champaign-Urbana is facing a growing population of homeless individuals. We fully understand the need, and benefits, of the Hope Village development. We realize it is vital that empathy be shown for the homeless and a … Continue reading →

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Community of Urbana-Champaign Cooperative Housing to Reduce the Post-Pandemic Youth Housing Divide

Posted on 08/27/2023 by Marilena Prisco

Housing cooperatives have a long history in the US. In university towns like C-U, those laboratories of young people assume new importance in the post-pandemic city. Escaping the logic of a typical landlord-tenant agreement, members self-manage and maintain the houses … Continue reading →

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