An unhoused person leans against a pillar inside the Forest Park Blue Line CTA stop.
An unhoused person leans against a pillar inside the Forest Park Blue Line CTA stop earlier this year. Each week, the nonprofit group Night Ministry delivers aid to the homeless inside the station. Advocates describe a rise in street homelessness in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Taylor Glascock for WBEZ
An unhoused person leans against a pillar inside the Forest Park Blue Line CTA stop.

Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

Homelessness in the face of more frequent extreme weather

An unhoused person leans against a pillar inside the Forest Park Blue Line CTA stop earlier this year. Each week, the nonprofit group Night Ministry delivers aid to the homeless inside the station. Advocates describe a rise in street homelessness in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Taylor Glascock for WBEZ
By Brenda Ruiz

Every summer, Chicago officials release recommendations on how to stay cool in extreme heat. But the suggestions can be challenging to follow for people experiencing homelessness.

Reset talks through available options for unhoused people and what else can be done to support them.

GUESTS: Andy Robledo, Chicagoan providing tents to homeless encampments

Colleen Ryan, nurse practitioner with Heartland Alliance Health

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An unhoused person leans against a pillar inside the Forest Park Blue Line CTA stop.
An unhoused person leans against a pillar inside the Forest Park Blue Line CTA stop earlier this year. Each week, the nonprofit group Night Ministry delivers aid to the homeless inside the station. Advocates describe a rise in street homelessness in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Taylor Glascock for WBEZ
An unhoused person leans against a pillar inside the Forest Park Blue Line CTA stop.

Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

Homelessness in the face of more frequent extreme weather

An unhoused person leans against a pillar inside the Forest Park Blue Line CTA stop earlier this year. Each week, the nonprofit group Night Ministry delivers aid to the homeless inside the station. Advocates describe a rise in street homelessness in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Taylor Glascock for WBEZ
By Brenda Ruiz

Every summer, Chicago officials release recommendations on how to stay cool in extreme heat. But the suggestions can be challenging to follow for people experiencing homelessness.

Reset talks through available options for unhoused people and what else can be done to support them.

GUESTS: Andy Robledo, Chicagoan providing tents to homeless encampments

Colleen Ryan, nurse practitioner with Heartland Alliance Health

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons