That is the number of rental units in foreclosed properties in Chicago.
In a report (PDF) issued Thursday by the Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing, the 17,467 rental
units came from 5,904 apartment buildings within Chicago -- which amounts
to tens of thousands of Chicagoans who were left homeless in
2010.
The banks involved in the majority of the foreclosure filings are
Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Chase, Deutsche Bank, US Bank, and
CitiMortgage.
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A number of Chicago residents spent the week tirelessly protesting Bank of America for the plethora of abandoned foreclosed properties that are blighting neighborhoods across the city and state. 
It’s been a great week for big banks and corporate giants -- and a bad week for consumers and ordinary citizens everywhere. 
That's the number of homeless people in Illinois in 2010, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). According to the federal government, homelessness has gone down in the state by 7 percent since 2007. But the numbers also showed that homelessness did increase in Illinois between 2009 and 2010 by more than 300 people.
