Each year, Housing Action matches AmeriCorps members with community-based organizations across Illinois. AmeriCorps is a national service program that connects people and organizations to help end poverty and strengthen communities.
AmeriCorps members take on a variety of roles at their host organizations, all aimed at helping our communities thrive. They expand the scale of programs and services, implement new projects, and build capacity to further the long-term sustainability of anti-poverty programs at their host organizations.
Since 2010, Housing Action has managed a network of AmeriCorps members in the VISTA program. AmeriCorps members serve at their host organizations for a full year or for eight to ten weeks as a Summer Associate (June through August). Most of our positions are located in Illinois, but AmeriCorps members in our Housing Counseling Corps can serve with housing counseling agencies nationwide.
If you’re passionate about housing justice and interested in serving as an AmeriCorps member, or if you know someone who might be, take a look at the various host sites and their postings. We’ll be updating our list as more open for applications. If you have any questions, please email our AmeriCorps team.
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2023-2024 AmeriCorps Positions
Updated May 2023
* Positions marked with an asterisk are part of our Housing Counseling Corps and will receive additional training and post-service employment opportunities in the housing counseling field.
Summer AmeriCorps Positions (June-August 2023)
Architreasures, Chicago
Centro Romero, Chicago
City of Decatur – Community Development Department, Decatur
Cornerstone CDC, Ford Heights
Family Housing Resources, Tucson, AZ
Garfield Park Community Council, Chicago
Genesis Garden, Macomb
Habitat for Humanity of DuPage, Wheaton
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- Grants Summer Associate – position filled
- Construction Crew Leader (4)
Habitat for Humanity of Lake County, Waukegan
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- Volunteer Coordinator – position filled
- Construction Crew Leader
- ReStore Associate
Habitat for Humanity of Will County, Joliet
Housing Forward, Maywood
Housing Foundation of America, Greensboro, NC
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- Homebuyer & Financial Education Summer Associate * – position filled
Mercy Housing Lakefront, Chicago
Nevada Legal Services, Las Vegas, NV
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- Foreclosure Mitigation and Outreach Summer Associate (2) – position filled
Full-Year AmeriCorps Positions (August 2023-August 2024)
Affordable Housing Centers of Pennsylvania, Philadephia, PA
Belmont Housing Resources for Western New York, Buffalo, NY
Claretian Associates, Chicago, IL
Community Partners for Affordable Housing, Libertyville
Connections for the Homeless, Evanston
Consumer Credit Counseling Service of the Savannah Area, Savannah, GA
Family Housing Resources, Tucson, AZ
Garfield Park Community Council, Chicago
Genesis Garden, Macomb
Habitat for Humanity of DeKalb County and Chicago South Suburbs, Sycamore
Habitat for Humanity of DuPage County, Wheaton
HOPE Fair Housing, Wheaton
Housing Action Illinois, Chicago
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- Communications & Outreach VISTA – position filled
Lake County Coalition for the Homeless, Libertyville
Lake County Housing Authority, Grayslake
Mercy Housing Lakefront, Chicago
Nevada Legal Services, Las Vegas, NV
Northern Illinois Regional Affordable Community Housing (NI ReACH), Rockford
Oak Park Regional Housing Authority, Oak Park
One Level, Decatur
Open Communities, Evanston
PADS Lake County, Waukegan
Respond Now, Park Forest
Share Our Spare, Chicago
Spanish Coalition for Housing, Chicago
Territory NFP, Chicago
Unity Parenting & Counseling, Chicago
Working in Neighborhoods, Cincinnati, OH