by | Jul 13, 2018 | Public Education & Organizing
During the week of July 9, half a dozen Housing Action Illinois staff members and several of our Board members traveled throughout Illinois to listen, talk, and connect with member organizations and communities. We logged 1,700 miles and engaged with 126 individuals...
by | Apr 19, 2018 | Advocacy Events, Housing Action Corps, Public Education & Organizing
Leah Demarest and Rachel Schwartz are AmeriCorps VISTAs at John Marshall Law School Fair Housing Legal Clinic and Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, respectively. April 2018 marks 50 years since the passage of the federal Fair Housing Act. In light of...
by | Apr 12, 2018 | Housing Action Corps, Public Education & Organizing
From recent college graduates to retirees, social workers to construction workers, the members of Housing Action Illinois’ diverse AmeriCorps VISTA Network are united under one goal: to end poverty by expanding access to affordable housing. “While the VISTA...
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 | Accomplishments, Advocacy Updates, Housing Counselor Updates, Housing Developer Updates, Organization 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...
by | Jul 26, 2017 | Advocacy Events, Public Education & Organizing
Housing Action Illinois is hitting the road to talk about the need for quality affordable housing across our state! This July and August, our staff and board are going to visit with nearly 25 organizations from around the state during our 30th Anniversary Caravan....
