by | Sep 1, 2026 | Housing Action Corps, Member Spotlights
Alice Nicholson came to Lake-McHenry Habitat for Humanity as an AmeriCorps VISTA after a 30-year career in real estate, community development, and economic development across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, including work with affordable housing...
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 16, 2026 | Member Spotlights
One of the first things that Sarah Leys did after joining the City of Rockford as Director of Community and Economic Development was engage in a 15-month-long stakeholder engagement process in partnership with HUD consultants. “We wrote and adopted the city’s...
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...
