Johnson Administration Addresses Migrant Housing Crisis

30/08/2023 15 min
Johnson Administration Addresses Migrant Housing Crisis

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Episode Synopsis

The Chicago City Council Committee on Housing and Real Estate gave initial approval for Chicago to buy land to convert a Marine Corps training center into a temporary migrant shelter. We got an update on the groundwork the Johnson administration is laying to create more infrastructure for newly-arriving migrants. We talked to WBEZ politics reporters Mariah Woelfel and Tessa Weinberg.