Selina Chicago hotel in Gold Coast to be converted into temporary homeless shelter
The mayor's office said all 116 rooms will be used for unhoused Chicagoans for up to seven months.
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Todd Feurer is a web producer for CBS Chicago. Todd is a graduate of Indiana University and University of Illinois at Springfield. He started his career in journalism with the New City News Service, where he covered Chicago crime, Cook County government, Cook County civil courts and Chicago City Hall. He also worked for a year in Springfield, covering the Illinois General Assembly and the impeachment of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
While with CBS News Chicago, he has covered Chicago's political beat, including the Blagojevich trials, and the administrations of mayors Richard M. Daley, Rahm Emanuel, Lori Lightfoot, and Brandon Johnson.
The mayor's office said all 116 rooms will be used for unhoused Chicagoans for up to seven months.
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