by | Jul 30, 2016 | Advocacy Updates
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner recently signed two pieces of legislation into law that Housing Action Illinois advocated for during the 2016 General Assembly session. Senate Bill 2271, signed into law on July 15, extends the Comprehensive Housing Planning Act through...
by | Jun 30, 2016 | Advocacy Alerts, Advocacy Updates, Press Releases
Illinois’ stopgap budget is a respite, but isn’t enough. The Illinois General Assembly and Governor have passed a temporary “stopgap” budget for the just completed fiscal year (FY 2016) and the first six months of the just started fiscal year...
by | May 25, 2016 | Advocacy Updates, Press Releases
Renters must earn $19.98 to afford a two-bedroom apartment in IL, while nearly $225 million in emergency state funding for affordable housing is being held up to due to state budget impasse For Immediate Release: May 25, 2016For more information contact: Kristin...
by | May 13, 2016 | Advocacy Alerts, Advocacy Updates
The scheduled end of the current Illinois General Assembly session is May 31. Unless your state legislators and Governor Rauner hear from you, this will be the second year in a row that the session ends without passing a budget that has adequate revenue to fund state...
by | May 4, 2016 | Advocacy Alerts, Advocacy Updates
May 4 Update to Original April 29 Post: We were extremely disappointed that members of the Illinois House of Representatives adjourned without considering HJRCA 59, the Fair Tax amendment. With the deadline to get the measure on the ballot having come and gone, voters...
by | Apr 15, 2016 | Advocacy Alerts, Advocacy Updates
On April 13, the General Assembly sent a fiscal year 2016 budget bill, Senate Bill 2046, to Governor Rauner. Governor Rauner is expected to veto the bill, but we feel we have a responsibility to ask him not to in order to provide desperately needed funding for human...
