Removing homeless from O’Hare is only a stopover in city’s efforts to help the unhoused

A homeless man sleeps next to an elevator bank near Terminal 2 at O’hare International Airport, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023 (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

City officials rightfully stepped up last week and relocated the homeless people who were camped out around O’Hare Airport.

“We have taken and will continue to take the steps that are necessary to move people out of the airports,” Mayor Lori Lightfoot said in announcing the measures at O’Hare. “The airports are a very different place than on the street under an underpass.”