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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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Register Today for the NHNLA Training: Financial Counseling for Low-Wealth Clients
Housing Counselors and social service case managers increasingly find themselves dealing with clients who need to address various financial barriers. This three-day course provides the basic strategies and information needed to increase counseling professionals'...
State and Federal Budget Advocacy Webinar: Slides Available
On our April 4 webinar, we covered the most important current issues related to the state and federal budgets for housing and homeless programs, including: STATE BUDGET: The focus was on the FY15 state budget for Emergency and Transitional Housing, Homeless...
Join us for a Housing Counseling Webinar on April 10: Is Discriminatory Default Servicing a Factor in Homeowner Default Outcomes?
Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now at: The U.S. Treasury requires servicers to monitor compliance with fair lending laws, but does not do an assessment as to which servicers are meeting this requirement. Analyses of data done in other states give...
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: Foreclosure Prevention Best Practices Between Housing Counselors and Servicers
Join the IHCC (Illinois Housing Counseling Coalition) Advocacy Committee for the following event. ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: Foreclosure Prevention Best Practices Between Housing Counselors and Servicers The Chicago Community Trust 225 N Michigan Ave. Suite 2200, Chicago...
Minimum Wage Earner in Illinois Must Work 84 Hours Per Week to Afford a Modest Home: Another Reason to Support a Minimum Wage Increase
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 24, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. CT CONTACT: Bob Palmer, Policy Director, Housing Action Illinois, 312-282-3959 (cell) or bob@housingactionil.org WASHINGTON, D.C.–Renters in Illinois need to earn $17.34 per hour...
Urge Senator Kirk to Support Increased Federal Resources to End Homelessness
Congress has begun the process for creating the fiscal year 2015 federal budget. Housing Action Illinois is making a special effort to get Senator Mark Kirk to support a funding level of at least $2.4 billion in FY 2015 for federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance...
Register Today for the NeighborWorks Training Institute’s Organizational Leadership Succession Training
Designed for forward-thinking executive directors and board members If you are an executive director and are thinking about moving on in the near future, this course is for you. The training places the issue of leadership transitions firmly in the context of...
Training Opportunity for Housing Counselors: Homeownership Intake Assessment
Housing Counselors are invited to attend this training opportunity sponsored by Housing Action Illinois and the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago LEARN HOW TO: Conduct a full assessment of a foreclosure Read and understand a docket Differentiate the...
Sign National Letter to Support Federal Housing Funding
Help Ensure THUD Appropriations Subcommittees Have Highest Possible Funding for Housing Programs in FY15! Last year, over 2,400 organizations signed a letter to support increasing the federal allocation for housing, transportation and community development funding. ...
Fannie Mae Offers REO Incentives to Owner Occupants
Up to 3.5 Percent Closing Cost Assistance on HomePath Properties in the FirstLook Period. Illinois is one of the 27 states where the incentive is available. [br] Starting today Fannie Mae will offer some homebuyers a special incentive to purchase through its HomePath...
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