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CHICAGO — While Brien Cron was homeless in Woodstock a decade ago, he persuaded the mayor to change a policy that barred people at his shelter from getting a library card. “Just to go through that in that one time, it was just horrible. … I was so embarrassed,” Cron, now 51, said. “Life is just up and down all the time, and I just want to make it a little easier for people to survive.” But ...
CHICAGO — While Brien Cron was homeless in Woodstock a decade ago, he persuaded the mayor to change a policy that barred people at his shelter from getting a library card.
“Just to go through that in that one time, it was just horrible. … I was so embarrassed,” Cron, now 51, said. “Life is just up and down all the time, and I just want to make it a little easier for people to survive.”
But since moving back to Chicago and becoming an advocate for homeless people, Cron has had a tougher time getting city officials on board with his next pitch — until now.
Cron is the founder of Chicago Tiny House, a nonprofit started in 2017 that proposes
