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 | Jun 2, 2015 | Advocacy Updates, Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 2, 2015 CONTACT: Bob Palmer, Policy Director, Housing Action Illinois, 312-282-3959 (cell) or bob@housingactionil.org or Maura Possley, Press Secretary, Illinois Attorney General, 312-914-2039 (cell) or mpossley@atg.state.il.us State...
by | Jun 2, 2015 | Advocacy Updates
General Assembly Leaves Next Year’s Budget Half Complete On partisan votes, with only Democrats voting yes and all Republicans voting no, the General Assembly passed a $36 billion “spending plan” for fiscal year 2016. No “revenue plan” was passed, leaving the...
by | May 20, 2015 | Advocacy Updates
On May 20, the Illinois House Economic Development & Housing Committee, chaired by State Representative Marcus Evans, held a hearing titled Single Family Homeownership – Affordability, Stability and Economic Impact. Bob Palmer, Policy Director for Housing Action...
