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RBC State Budget Day of Action: Tell Leaders to Stop Ignoring Revenue Solutions
As of July 1, the state stopped funding vital services and we’re paying the price. Programs that provide shelter to people experiencing homelessness, counseling to households trying to avoid foreclosure and funds to assist in the creation of affordable housing...
Senate Version of HUD Budget Bill Passes Committee: Continued Advocacy on Raising Spending Caps Needed
Thanks to everyone who responded to our action alert yesterday asking people to contact our Senators requesting they oppose the Senate version of next year's HUD budget because of deep cuts to HOME and other programs. Unfortunately, the bill did pass out of committee...
Oppose the Senate Version of HUD Budget Bill: Ask Senators Durbin and Kirk to Support Lifting Spending Caps
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies marked up its FY16 spending bill on Tuesday, June 23. Both Illinois Senators, Mark Kirk and Richard Durbin, serve on this committee. Not all of the details of...
Housing Action Illinois Awarded $307,000 in HUD Housing Counseling Funds: 12 Illinois and Indiana Agencies Will Receive Sub-Grants
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 24, 2015 CONTACT: David Young, Director of Technical Assistance, Housing Action Illinois, at 312-939-6074 ext. 202 or david@housingactionil.org Housing Action Illinois received $307,000 to channel resources to 12 housing counseling agencies...
Available VISTA Positions
We still have VISTA positions open at the following locations! HOPE Fair Housing Center (West Chicago) Housing Authority of Cook County (Chicago Heights) Champaign County Regional Planning Commission (Champaign) DuPage Homeownership Center (Wheaton) Access Living...
Oppose Proposed Federal Housing Budget Bill: Contact Your Representative Today
On May 13, the House Committee on Appropriations passed its FY16 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) bill, H.R. 2577, by a party line vote. The full House will now consider this federal budget bill. It is critical that advocates...
Reverse Mortgage Consumer Protections Legislation Passes General Assembly
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 2, 2015 CONTACT: Bob Palmer, Policy Director, Housing Action Illinois, 312-282-3959 (cell) or bob@housingactionil.org or Maura Possley, Press Secretary, Illinois Attorney General, 312-914-2039 (cell) or mpossley@atg.state.il.us State...
2015 General Assembly Session Update
General Assembly Leaves Next Year's Budget Half Complete On partisan votes, with only Democrats voting yes and all Republicans voting no, the General Assembly passed a $36 billion “spending plan” for fiscal year 2016. No “revenue plan” was passed, leaving the budget...
Illinois House Hearing on Homeownership
On May 20, the Illinois House Economic Development & Housing Committee, chaired by State Representative Marcus Evans, held a hearing titled Single Family Homeownership – Affordability, Stability and Economic Impact. Bob Palmer, Policy Director for Housing Action...
Despite Renters in Illinois Needing to Earn $18.78 Per Hour in Order to Afford a Basic Two-Bedroom Apartment, House Budget Defunds National Housing Trust Fund
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 19, 2015 at 12:00 p.m. CT CONTACT: Bob Palmer, Policy Director, Housing Action Illinois, 312-282-3959 (cell) or bob@housingactionil.org Renters in Illinois need to earn $18.78 per hour in order to afford a basic two-bedroom apartment,...