City of Chicago and Cook County Health Release Report Demonstrating Health and Social Benefits of Flexible Housing Pool and Need to Diversify Funding Support

Posted on September 18, 2026 View all news

The City of Chicago and Cook County Health released August 7, 2026 a comprehensive report of the Flexible Housing Pool of Chicago and Cook County, highlighting that supportive housing improves health outcomes and lowers the cost of crisis-response systems for people experiencing homelessness and complex health conditions.

“The report, which examines outcomes from 2019 through 2024, provides some of the strongest local evidence to date that housing is both a social and health intervention.”

Read the full announcement and report here.

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