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...
by | Jan 16, 2019 | 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 families rent...
by | Sep 13, 2018 | Homeless Service Provider Updates, Housing Developer Updates
At age 70, Mattie Nordstrom was still working full-time, as an in-home caregiver. But when her client suddenly died, Mattie found herself unable to make ends meet. With nowhere else to go, she stayed in three different emergency shelters and camped out in store...
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...
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...
by | Dec 19, 2017 | Advocacy Updates, Housing Counselor Updates, Housing Developer Updates, Public Education & Organizing
1. Housing Action Illinois turned 30! We celebrated thirty years of leading the movement for affordable homes in Illinois—and renewed our resolve to continue working until everyone in our state has a stable, healthy, affordable place to call home. 2. We passed a law...
