Each year, Housing Action Corps 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 Illinois has managed a network of AmeriCorps members in the VISTA program. Housing Action Corps members serve full-time with their organizations for a year-long term. 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 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 below. We will update this page and the embedded map as positions open or are filled. If you have questions or need assistance with your application, please email our AmeriCorps team.
To apply, click on the position links below and submit an application through the My AmeriCorps portal. For assistance using the AmeriCorps portal, read detailed instructions on how to apply.
2025-2026 Housing Action Corps Positions
Updated May 2025
Housing Action Corps | Housing Counseling Corps
Priority applications are due by July 11, 2025. All positions are full-time (35-40 hrs/week) for a 12 month term. Housing Action Corps members start on August 11 or August 25, 2025; earlier start dates may be allowed in certain circumstances, but we strongly recommend starting in August.
Housing Action Corps
Alliance to End Homelessness in Suburban Cook County, Hillside, IL
Chicago Furniture Bank, Chicago, IL
Chicago Rehab Network, Chicago, IL
City of Evanston, Evanston, IL
City of Rockford – Community Development Department, Rockford, IL
CJE SeniorLife, Chicago, IL
Community Partners for Affordable Housing, Libertyville, IL
Connections for the Homeless, Evanston, IL
DuPage and Chicago South Suburbs Habitat for Humanity, Wheaton, IL
DuPagePads, Downers Grove, IL
Garfield Park Community Council, Chicago, IL
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- Development and Strategic Planning Associate – position filled
- Leadership and Evaluation Associate – position filled
Habitat for Humanity McHenry Lake County, Gurnee, IL
HOPE Fair Housing, Wheaton, IL
Housing Action Illinois – Communications & Development, Chicago, IL
McLean County Center for Human Services, Bloomington, IL
Mercy Housing Lakefront, Chicago, IL
Northwest Christian Community Development Corporation, Rockford, IL
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- Community Development Project Leader – position filled
Open Communities, Evanston, IL
Preservation of Affordable Housing, Chicago, IL
Preservation of Affordable Housing: Woodlawn Resource Center, Chicago, IL
The Resurrection Project, Chicago, IL
Senior Services Plus, Alton, IL
Territory NFP, Chicago, IL
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- PATHS Fellow
- Program and Outreach Liaison – position filled
Voice of the People in Uptown, Chicago, IL
Will County Habitat for Humanity, Joliet, IL
Housing Counseling Corps
Housing Counseling Corps is an initiative of Housing Action Corps. Housing Counseling Corps members may be placed with housing counseling agencies nationwide and receive customized training and professional development in housing counseling.
Affordable Housing Centers of Pennsylvania, Philadephia, PA
Famicos, Cleveland, OH
HOPE of Evansville, Evansville, IN
Housing Action Illinois – Capacity Building, Chicago, IL
Housing Options and Planning Enterprises, Oxon Hill, MD
Housing Partnership for Morris County, Dover, NJ
Increasing H.O.P.E. Financial Training Center, North Charleston, SC
Jackson County Housing Authority, Murphysboro, IL
New Kensington Community Development Corporation, Philadelphia, PA
Spanish Coalition for Housing, Chicago, IL
Urban League of Broward County, Fort Lauderdale, FL