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COVID-19 Emergency Housing Act Passes House & Senate, Awaits Governor’s Signature

by | Apr 30, 2021 | Advocacy Alerts, Advocacy Updates, Press Releases, Public Education & Organizing

The COVID-19 Emergency Housing Act will create protections for Illinoisans struggling to pay their rent or mortgages as a result of unprecedented economic instability caused by the pandemic. After many months of work, the bill (HB 2877) passed in the Illinois House in...

New State Community Reinvestment Law Takes Aim at Lending Disparities

by | Mar 24, 2021 | Advocacy Updates, Press Releases, Public Education & Organizing

Governor Pritzker signed the Illinois Community Reinvestment Act into law, making Illinois the second state with oversight to ensure equitable investment For Immediate Release: March 23, 2021Contact: Kristin Ginger, Communications Manager, Housing Action Illinois,...

Illinois Doesn’t Have Enough Affordable Rental Homes, Especially for Families with the Lowest Incomes & Renters with Disabilities

by | Mar 18, 2021 | Advocacy Updates, Press Releases, Public Education & Organizing

Report finds only 39 affordable, available rental homes per 100 extremely low-income renter households in Illinois For Immediate Release: March 18, 2021Contact: Kristin Ginger, Communications Manager, Housing Action Illinois, kristin@housingactionil.org or...

Opportunity Starts at Home Campaign Welcomes New State Grantees, Including Housing Action Illinois

by | Feb 1, 2021 | Advocacy Updates, Organization Updates, Press Releases

For Immediate Release: February 1, 2021 Contact: Kristin Ginger, Communications Manager, Housing Action Illinois, kristin@housingactionil.org or 312-854-3333 The Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable homes campaign is pleased to announce that it has...

Cook County Board unanimously passes historic Residential Tenant Landlord Ordinance, extending renter protections to 245,000 suburban households

by | Jan 28, 2021 | Advocacy Updates, Press Releases, RTLO

For Immediate Release: January 28, 2021 Contact: Kristin Ginger, Communications Manager, Housing Action Illinois, kristin@housingactionil.org or 312-854-3333 SCHAUMBURG, IL – Today, the Cook County Board of Commissioners unanimously passed the Residential Tenant...

Advocates Call on Cook County Commissioners to Pass Basic Renter Rights

by | Jan 25, 2021 | Advocacy Updates, Press Releases, Public Education & Organizing, RTLO

Residential Tenant Landlord Ordinance will make rental landscape fairer for suburban renters For Immediate Release: January 25, 2021Contact: Kristin Ginger, Communications Manager, Housing Action Illinois, kristin@housingactionil.org or 312-854-3333 CHICAGO –...
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