CHICAGO \u2014 When South Side Chicago native Jose M. Mu\u00f1oz was in his early 20s, every decision he made was to keep a roof above his newborn daughter\u2019s head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf it meant that I had worked a job that, you know, didn’t necessarily pay me a fair wage or didn’t provide enough for me, I still took it. I took abuse in different ways,\u201d Mu\u00f1oz said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite working multiple jobs to try to pay rent, Mu\u00f1oz often ended up sleeping out of his car, at a friend’s house, and occasionally at work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Latino Policy Forum and Illinois Latino News (ILLN) are partnering to create a 2-year long public awareness campaign that will illuminate the most common form of homelessness experienced in the Latinx community, which is through \u2018doubling-up\u2019 or when a person temporarily lives with others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n