Chicago Municipal Lodging House

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Chicago Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Houses, "Newsboy Conditions in Chicago," 1903

Testimonial of Raymond Robins, September 11, 1907

Introduction to Religion in Social Action, 1913

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1901-12-21

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The Chicago Municipal Lodging House was established in 1901 in response to the number of homeless men on Chicago streets. Though it closed in 1918 after WWI, it was reopened in 1923 after the publishing of Citizen Hobo: How a Century of Homelessness Shaped America. The lodging house was eventually placed under the control of the Department of Public Welfare.

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Sciancalepore, Victoria

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Public domain

Bibliography and Links

Chicago, IL Dept. of Health. Report of the Department of Health of the City of Chicago, 1911. Google Books. 19 Oct. 2007. Web. 23 May 2016.

DePastino, Todd. Citizen Hobo: How a Century of Homelessness Shaped America. Reprint ed. Chicago: U of Chicago, 2010. Google Books. Web. 23 May 2016.

Citation

“Chicago Municipal Lodging House,” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed September 18, 2024, http://mail.digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/311.