Recent Migrants vs. Longtime Homeless in Chicago - Who Will Get Housing Help?

Chicago's homeless population is currently estiated at 3,875 people, including 2,612 residing in shelters and 1,263 wo are unsheltered. This condition led to much of the outrage from Chicagoans when migrants were bused to Chicago from the border states and deposited with no resources for housing. Police stations remain the temporary shelters while the Chicago City Council prepares to vote on whether to house them in some of the closed school buildings on the city's South side. But what about the plan for the chronic homeless popuation that already is struggling to survive? Today the City Council, which delayed voting on the issue last week, will again meet today to decide who gets housing and financial resources and whether the crisis can be resolved without pitting groups of people livng under desperate circumstances against each other. We'll talk to a few media commentators to get opinions on how this crisis may affect the city and its residents.