by | May 21, 2014 | Advocacy Updates, Press Releases
Representative Mike Quigley, from Illinois’ 5th Congressional District, who is on the U.S. House Appropriations Committee, today voted against the 2015 Transportation-HUD funding bill, although the bill was ultimately approved. This bill will set funding for...
by | May 12, 2014 | Advocacy Alerts, Advocacy Updates
By the end of May, the Illinois General Assembly will decide whether to pass a budget that has enough revenue to maintain current spending levels for education, heath care, human services and public safety or pass a budget that makes cuts in all these program areas....
by | May 7, 2014 | Advocacy Updates, Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 7, 2014 CONTACT: Bob Palmer, Policy Director, Housing Action Illinois, 312-282-3959 (cell) or bob@housingactionil.org On May 7, the House Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations Subcommittee will likely approve...
by | Apr 7, 2014 | Advocacy Events, Advocacy Updates
On our April 4 webinar, we covered the most important current issues related to the state and federal budgets for housing and homeless programs, including: STATE BUDGET: The focus was on the FY15 state budget for Emergency and Transitional Housing, Homeless...
by | Mar 24, 2014 | Advocacy Updates, Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 24, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. CT CONTACT: Bob Palmer, Policy Director, Housing Action Illinois, 312-282-3959 (cell) or bob@housingactionil.org WASHINGTON, D.C.–Renters in Illinois need to earn $17.34 per hour in order to afford a basic apartment,...
by | Mar 24, 2014 | Advocacy Alerts, Advocacy Updates
Congress has begun the process for creating the fiscal year 2015 federal budget. Housing Action Illinois is making a special effort to get Senator Mark Kirk to support a funding level of at least $2.4 billion in FY 2015 for federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance...
