by | Aug 21, 2026 | Advocacy Updates, Housing Counselor Updates, Public Education & Organizing
Housing Action Illinois is collecting stories from professional housing counselors and clients to help illustrate how housing counseling makes a difference in our communities. We will use these stories to show the need for robust federal funding for housing counseling...
by | Aug 20, 2026 | Housing Counselor Updates, Member Spotlights
“People are struggling and they just don’t know where to go. Even just to call someone and have them sort through various issues and identify resources gives people some stability or hope,” Sarah Delgado, Director of Housing Counseling and Education at Open...
by | Jul 15, 2026 | Housing Counselor Updates, Member Spotlights
“If anyone comes to Far South and they say ‘I need help with housing’, they’re going to get service somehow, some way,” Director of Housing Services Cornelius Sams, Sr. says. “We don’t deny anyone that uses the word housing, because it’s foundational to...
by | Mar 11, 2026 | Housing Counselor Updates, Member Spotlights
RoxAnne Witte, a housing counselor with Jefferson County at Home, Housing Action’s newest subgrantee, has noticed the gap between those who pursue housing counseling services and those who don’t widen over her 19-year career. “It’s changed a lot. When we first started...
by | Jan 16, 2026 | Housing Counselor Updates, Member Spotlights
“I always thought that I wanted to help people,” explains Maria Luengas, Executive Director of H.O.M.E. DuPage, when asked how she ended up in the field of housing counseling. But in her prior work, “I wasn’t necessarily helping people with their goals. So I...
by | Nov 18, 2025 | Housing Counselor Updates, Organization Updates
Most people have never heard of the Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization (MISMO) or thought much about data sets—but for the past eight years, David Young, Director of Capacity Building at Housing Action, has been working to show why both matter for...
