by | Dec 12, 2025 | Organization Updates
July 2025 marked the third year of Housing Action Illinois’ work in the City of Cairo, IL, a collaboration focused on addressing longstanding housing challenges and how to create the conditions for future development. After completing a plan to identify strategies to...
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...
by | Sep 22, 2025 | Advocacy Updates, Organization Updates, Public Education & Organizing
A new report by Housing Action Illinois, Not Even a Place in Line: Shortage of Housing Choice Vouchers and Closed Waitlists in Illinois, details the strained capacity of the Housing Choice Voucher program in Illinois. The Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program is the...
by | Jul 31, 2025 | Advocacy Alerts, Advocacy Updates, Organization Updates, Public Education & Organizing
Better Than the Alternatives, Still Not Good Enough: What’s in the Senate HUD Budget On July 24, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved its FY2026 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) budget proposal—offering a much better alternative to...
by | Jul 15, 2025 | Advocacy Alerts, Advocacy Updates, Organization Updates, Public Education & Organizing
In the aftermath of the reconciliation bill, which was signed into law on July 4—and which includes deep, harmful cuts to health care, food assistance, and more to pay for tax cuts for the most affluent in our society—Congress has turned its attention to creating next...
by | Mar 31, 2025 | Advocacy Alerts, Advocacy Updates, Organization Updates, Public Education & Organizing
This year’s state legislative session has been moving at its usual hectic pace. Our team continues to spend plenty of time in Springfield to meet with representatives and their staff, attend hearings, and do everything we can to move our 2025 Policy Agenda forward....
