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...
by | Feb 20, 2014 | Advocacy Alerts, Advocacy Updates
Help Ensure THUD Appropriations Subcommittees Have Highest Possible Funding for Housing Programs in FY15! Last year, over 2,400 organizations signed a letter to support increasing the federal allocation for housing, transportation and community development funding. ...
by | Jan 16, 2014 | Advocacy Updates
On January 16, the House and Senate finally passed a fiscal year 2014 federal budget, more than three months after the beginning of the fiscal year. The final budget represented a compromise between the House and Senate, so does not contain the deep cuts feared, but...
by | Jan 8, 2014 | Advocacy Alerts, Advocacy Events, Advocacy Updates
Housing Action Illinois has endorsed the A Better Illinois Campaign in support of Fair Tax legislation—with lower tax rates for lower incomes and higher rates for higher incomes. Without a Fair Tax, we won’t we able to make much progress towards making sure...
by | Jan 3, 2014 | Advocacy Alerts, Advocacy Updates
Please support our efforts to get Illinois Governor Pat Quinn to include $6 million for the Homeless Prevention Program in his fiscal year (FY) 2015 budget proposal. Governor Quinn will release his proposal on February 19. The Homeless Prevention Program provides...
