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July Newsletter is Available!
The July Newsletter is officially available. Check it out if you want to see what our VISTAs have been up to. Follow this link! To see past issues click here!
What the Stopgap Budget Means for Housing and Homeless Services
Illinois' stopgap budget is a respite, but isn't enough. The Illinois General Assembly and Governor have passed a temporary "stopgap" budget for the just completed fiscal year (FY 2016) and the first six months of the just started fiscal year (FY 2017). This is a...
Housing Action Illinois Awarded $698,000 in HUD Housing Counseling Funds: 26 Agencies to Receive Sub-Grants
Housing Action Illinois has been awarded $698,000 by HUD to channel resources to local organizations to help families and individuals with their housing needs and to prevent foreclosures. Housing Action will distribute the funds to the 26 housing counseling agencies...
New Guide to HUD-Approved Client Management Systems Helps Housing Counselor Agencies Make Informed Decisions
Report delivers detailed breakdowns of 17 client management systems, helping housing counselor agencies find the best fit for their needs A new, comprehensive guide to the Client Management Systems (CMSs) approved by HUD has just been released by Housing Action...
Just Two Weeks Left
In just two weeks, Illinois will start its second year without a state budget. We're still urging lawmakers to put aside their differences and pass a balanced budget with adequate revenue before then. Meanwhile, it's also vital that Governor Rauner sign Senate Bill...
General Assembly Update: Irresponsibility on State Budget, But Bipartisan Support for Legislation
No State Budget By May 31 Deadline, But Still Time to Pass Responsible Budget by Beginning of Next Fiscal Year Who are the people most hurt by Governor Rauner and the General Assembly not working together to pass a responsible budget for next year by May 31? The ones...
Report: Affordable Rents are Out of Reach for Minimum Wage Workers in Illinois; $225 Million in State Funding that Would Help Awaits Governor’s Signature
Renters must earn $19.98 to afford a two-bedroom apartment in IL, while nearly $225 million in emergency state funding for affordable housing is being held up to due to state budget impasse For Immediate Release: May 25, 2016For more information contact: Kristin...
General Assembly and Governor Rauner Must Identify Revenue Solutions and Pass Responsible Budget by May 31
The scheduled end of the current Illinois General Assembly session is May 31. Unless your state legislators and Governor Rauner hear from you, this will be the second year in a row that the session ends without passing a budget that has adequate revenue to fund state...
May 4 Update: Tell Your State Legislators to Vote Yes on the Fair Tax!
May 4 Update to Original April 29 Post: We were extremely disappointed that members of the Illinois House of Representatives adjourned without considering HJRCA 59, the Fair Tax amendment. With the deadline to get the measure on the ballot having come and gone, voters...
Ask Governor Rauner Not to Veto Budget Bill and Work on Revenue Solutions
On April 13, the General Assembly sent a fiscal year 2016 budget bill, Senate Bill 2046, to Governor Rauner. Governor Rauner is expected to veto the bill, but we feel we have a responsibility to ask him not to in order to provide desperately needed funding for human...