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...
by | May 19, 2015 | Advocacy Updates, Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 19, 2015 at 12:00 p.m. CT CONTACT: Bob Palmer, Policy Director, Housing Action Illinois, 312-282-3959 (cell) or bob@housingactionil.org Renters in Illinois need to earn $18.78 per hour in order to afford a basic two-bedroom apartment,...
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 Events, Advocacy Updates
On March 9, we held a webinar where we provided an overview of the key advocacy initiatives we’re currently working on, including advocating against the massive state budget cuts to human service programs proposed by Governor Bruce Rauner that will negatively...
by | Feb 19, 2015 | Advocacy Alerts, Advocacy Updates
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner released his fiscal year 2016 budget proposal yesterday. As we expected, Governor Rauner’s plan to solve Illinois’ longstanding budget problems includes devastating cuts to vital human service programs that meet the needs of...
