Chris Murray was homeless, living on Lower Wacker Drive, after his mother died from COVID-19 in 2020. Her death, he said, caused him to go “off the deep end.” His heroin addiction grew worse, and he lost his job. Nonprofit and social service groups would come around to offer housing support, but Murray, now 37, said he was skeptical of their offers.

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