by | Nov 14, 2023 | Housing Counselor Updates, Member Spotlights
When asked what brought her to the housing counseling industry in the first place, Cora describes losing a friend and realizing she needed to make a change in her own life. She left her job at a financial institution working in collections and started working at a...
by | Oct 1, 2023 | Housing Counselor Updates, Member Spotlights, Trainings
Housing counseling is “almost like helping someone walk through the American dream—but it’s not all about homeownership,” says Kesha Chatman, the Division Operating Officer at Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis. “You are counseling on their finances, you are...
by | Jul 13, 2023 | Advocacy Updates, COVID-19, Member Spotlights
PADS Lake County, the primary emergency shelter serving Lake County, has been providing critical services for 50 years to people experiencing homelessness. The agency started simply as a hotline and has grown to offer a variety of programs with shelter being their...
by | Mar 27, 2023 | Housing Counselor Updates, Member Spotlights
HANA Center was created in 2017 when Korean American Community Services and Korean American Resource and Cultural Center merged, joining together with the goal of empowering Korean American and multiethnic immigrant communities through social services, education, and...
by | Feb 6, 2023 | Member Spotlights
Counseling. Prevention. Housing. 360 Youth Services has provided services in these areas to youth and families in Chicago’s Western suburbs and nearby communities since its founding 50 years ago. 360 Youth Services—then known as Naperville Community Outreach— was...
by | Aug 19, 2022 | Member Spotlights
The Central Illinois Land Bank Authority (CILBA) is piloting a new housing strategy with the City of Decatur called the Abandonment to Rehab Program. The program aims to identify abandoned properties that can be saved, rehab the home to code standards, and sell to...
