by | Jun 25, 2015 | Advocacy Alerts, Advocacy Updates
Thanks to everyone who responded to our action alert yesterday asking people to contact our Senators requesting they oppose the Senate version of next year’s HUD budget because of deep cuts to HOME and other programs. Unfortunately, the bill did pass out of...
by | Jun 24, 2015 | Advocacy Alerts, Advocacy Updates
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies marked up its FY16 spending bill on Tuesday, June 23. Both Illinois Senators, Mark Kirk and Richard Durbin, serve on this committee. Not all of the details of...
by | Jun 4, 2015 | Advocacy Alerts, Advocacy Updates
On May 13, the House Committee on Appropriations passed its FY16 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) bill, H.R. 2577, by a party line vote. The full House will now consider this federal budget bill. It is critical that advocates...
by | May 13, 2015 | Advocacy Alerts, Advocacy Updates
Governor Rauner’s proposed budget would devastate our families and communities. But lawmakers and the governor don’t have to make those cuts—they have a choice. Instead of painful cuts to vital programs for our children, families and communities, lawmakers and the...
by | Apr 16, 2015 | Advocacy Alerts, Advocacy Updates
There are just six weeks until the scheduled end of the Illinois General Assembly session and it’s imperative that we all be talking to our state elected officials about increasing revenue to make Governor Rauner’s proposed budget cuts for next year, FY...
by | Mar 9, 2015 | Advocacy Alerts
State Senator Toi Hutchison has introduced Senate Bill 1547, which will protect tenants and landlords from evictions, fines, or loss of a business simply because they called the police when they were in need. It seems common sense that people should not be punished...
