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LGBTQ+ Elder Housing Initiative

by | Jul 15, 2022 | Housing Developer Updates, Public Education & Organizing

While many seniors have difficulty finding affordable housing, LGBTQ+ elders face barriers that are both common and unique. As queer and transgender people age, they are less likely to have children or family that can support them as they age in place. Traditional...

New State Law Creates Property Tax Incentive to Create and Preserve Affordable Rental Homes

by | Sep 13, 2021 | Advocacy Updates, Housing Developer Updates

Key Points Encourages owners of multifamily rental housing to make improvements and repairs to their property while keeping rents at an affordable level to residents in the community. In higher cost markets, new construction rental buildings with 7+ units will be...

Diversifying Revenue through Social Enterprise

by | Feb 12, 2019 | Housing Counselor Updates, Housing Developer Updates, Public Education & Organizing

A social enterprise is a publicly responsible and innovative venture, driven by unmet community needs, that exists as a hybrid of the traditional nonprofit and business models. Broadly, these ventures can be classified into three categories defined by the Social...

8 Reasons We’re Proud of 2018

by | Jan 16, 2019 | Accomplishments, Advocacy Updates, Homeless Service Provider Updates, Housing Counselor Updates, Housing Developer Updates, Organization Updates

1. We were awarded $1.26 million by HUD to support housing counseling programs in the Midwest The funds will be distributed across our growing Intermediary network of 33 agencies in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Missouri to support programs that help...

Our Housing Counseling Intermediary Network is Growing

by | Aug 29, 2018 | Housing Developer Updates

Housing Action is thrilled to announce the addition of four new agencies to our Housing Counseling Intermediary network: Latin United Community Housing Association, Open Communities, Total Resource Community Development Corporation, and Community Investment...

New Faces at Housing Action Illinois

by | Jan 10, 2018 | Housing Counselor Updates, Housing Developer Updates, Public Education & Organizing

Housing Action Illinois has come a long way since we hired our first full-time staff member in 1988—a single employee who shared our offices with the Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing. Today, we have 14 full-time staff members, and we’ve grown so quickly that we...
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