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Wage gap puts housing out of reach for many Illinois residents: Kendall County Chronicle, 6/10/16
Affordable housing out of reach for many in Illinois: Chicago Citizen, 6/7/16
Illinois Renters Must Earn Nearly $20 An Hour To Afford A Modest Two-Bedroom Apartment, Report Finds: Progress Illinois, 5/25/16
New Report by Chicago Urban League Highlights Housing Segregation: Chicago Examiner, 4/21/16
Judge Orders Compensation For Elderly Black Victims Of Reverse Mortgage Scam: Chicago Reporter, 01/28/16
ISU Grad Student Helps Others Find Affordable Housing: ISU News, 01/25/16
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VISTA to VISTA: Lilly and Kati Talk Life on a Stipend, Netflix, and What’s Next
Back to main blog page » VISTA to VISTA is a recurring feature where our VISTAs interview each other about their perspectives, experiences, and challenges. This March, Lilly (Hesed House) and Kati (Northwest Side Housing Center) talked about why they became...
Life After VISTA: Working at HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing
Fresh out of graduate school and wanting to pursue a totally new career, I had an idea of what I wanted to do professionally, but I just was not sure of the proper steps to achieve my goals. I did not want to rush into a job just for financial gain; I wanted to do...
Measuring the Magnitude of Homelessness
Back to main blog page » Nearly fifty volunteers assembled on Chicago’s West Side to kick off their participation in the 2017 Point-In-Time (PIT) count. I arrived promptly at 8 p.m. with a large cup of coffee and took a seat with three others. Together, we were at...
New Housing Counselor Training: Housing Counselor Online Made Easy
Home Counselor Online (HCO) is a free client management system (CMS) developed and managed by Fannie Mae that can make required reporting to HUD and other funders easier. But until now, there hasn’t been a comprehensive hands-on training to teach housing...
March 2017: Federal and State Housing Advocacy Update
Federal Level Advocacy Along with advocates from across the country who work to create affordable housing and end homelessness, we are dismayed by President Trump’s budget “blueprint" for next year. Why? The proposal cuts the HUD budget by $6.2 billion (13%). The...
The Power of Storytelling
Back to main blog page » Making my way into the back of a bar off of Damen into a very crowded room, I waited for Story Lab to start. I found out about this storytelling event while researching how to find storytellers for the advocacy program I coordinate called...
Life After VISTA: “My experience as a VISTA continues to serve me well” while working for HUD
Back to main blog page » A passionate fair and affordable housing advocate for years, I became a VISTA for several reasons. My long term goal was to use my past housing programs experience and knowledge of federal grants to gain employment with the Department of...
American Health Care Act: Fewer Covered, Weaker Protections, Higher Costs, Deep Cuts to Medicaid
If the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is repealed and replaced, many of the one million Illinoisans who have insurance thanks to the ACA will lose it, and most everyone else will face higher costs. The American Health Care Act, a bill just introduced by House Republicans,...
Housing is a Human Right: Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing
Housing instability is not merely a symptom of poverty; as illustrated by Matthew Desmond’s 2016 book Evicted, it is a cause. Over 60% of Chicago’s housing stock is rental units, and in 2016 there were upwards of 25,000 evictions filed in the city. The unstable nature...
Project Spotlight: How can you make your event or meeting accessible and inclusive?
Back to main blog page » As part of her work as a VISTA with Access Living, Tierra Finley developed a checklist to help event and meeting organizers ensure that their gathering is accessible and inclusive for people with disabilities. Check out the...
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