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Lightfoot Accuses CTU Of Stalling Talks Over Affordable Housing; Union Says CPS Has 17,000 Homeless Students
Lightfoot said that the union's contract with CPS is "not the appropriate place for the city to legislate its affordable housing policy."
CHICAGO (CBS) — Opening a new front in the ongoing contract dispute between Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union, Mayor Lori Lightfoot complained the union is holding up negotiations over demands on affordable housing policy.
In a statement Tuesday night, Lightfoot said that the union’s contract with CPS is “not the appropriate place for the city to legislate its affordable housing policy,” but CTU responded Wednesday morning that 17,000 students in the district are homeless.
