Use Canceled Blues Fest, House Fest Money To Help Chicagoans With Rent, Mortgage Payments, Aldermen Propose
… By beefing up the grant program, the order aims to help Chicagoans “excluded from the federal government’s COVID-19 relief efforts, including unbanked Chicagoans, homeless Chicagoans, undocumented Chicagoans, and Chicagoans returning to their community from prison.”
Ramirez-Rosa told Block Club the idea came from community leaders involved in neighborhood groups like Brighton Park Neighborhood Council and Logan Square Neighborhood Association.
“I thought it was a great idea,” Ramirez-Rosa said. “We need to identify money to assist vulnerable Chicagoans, particularly those who have been left behind by the federal government.”..