National

National Housing Institute/Shelter Force Magazine

NHI examines the key issues affecting affordable housing and community development practitioners and their supporters. NHI searches for what does and does not work in community building.

State

Housing Illinois

Housing Illinois is a coalition of affordable housing organizations using research, advertising, media outreach, and organizing to raise public awareness and encourage civic and political leadership on behalf of affordable housing in communities throughout the Chicago metropolitan region. Housing Action Illinois is a member.

Illinois Community Action Association

ICAA is a membership organization which serves as the network for Illinois’ not-for-profit corporations and units of government which strive to raise the health, education and economic standards of Illinois’ low income population. ICAA's 40 members serve every one of the 102 counties in the state of Illinois.

Illinois Assisted Housing Action Research Project (IHARP)

IHARP is a project of the Nathalie P. Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement (a unit of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois at Chicago), Housing Action Illinois and Latinos United. IHARP is the first comprehensive database of assisted units in the city of Chicago and the entire state of Illinois, including housing owned and managed by private and non-profit developers. The database contains information about the developments including number of units, location, sponsoring agency, developer, management companies, rent levels and funding sources. IHARP reports on the HOME Program, the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program, and Project-Based Section 8 properties are available at the above link.

www.IllinoisLegalAid.org

Provides lower-income and vulnerable Illinois residents with information about their legal rights and responsibilities, referrals to free and low cost legal aid offices, multimedia training and education, and forms and instructions for representing themselves. Much information on housing issues is available.

Illinois Network of Centers for Independent Living

INCIL is a coalition of local Centers for Independent Living (CILs) that work with people who have disabilities.

Chicago Area

The Greater Chicago Housing and Community Development Website

This website is designed to guide and assist policy makers, housing/community development professionals, planners, researchers, developers and people seeking to buy or rent a home. The website will make available a wealth of data and information about the housing environment in Chicago and other communities throughout the region.

Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities

The Leadership Council’s mission is "to eliminate all forms of discrimination and segregation that impede open housing in the Chicago region." To achieve this purpose, the Leadership Council operates a number of programs, including legal action, housing counseling, education, and advocacy.

Metropolitan Tenants Organization

MTO is a coalition of community organizations and individuals dedicated to safe, decent affordable housing for all. In particular they work on projects that support the self-help efforts of tenants to exercise their rights. They operate a tenants rights hotline, train community-based organizations, organize buildings and participate in affordable housing advocacy campaigns.