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First Win: Court Protects Housing Counseling Funds For Now
We joined nine plaintiffs suing the Trump administration. Yesterday, a court paused the funding cutoff. Federal housing counseling funds are protected, for now. Yesterday, a judge ordered the delay of the expiration of $56 million in funding for HUD's housing...
HUD Hit With Lawsuit After Withholding Tens of Millions in Housing Grants
The Department of Housing and Urban Development abruptly cut approximately $56 million in funding and illegally altered its policies, putting thousands of families at risk of foreclosureFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 29, 2026 Media Contact: Kristin Ginger, Housing...
Launching Housing Counseling Matters: 2026 Story Collection
Housing Action Illinois is collecting stories from professional housing counselors and clients to help illustrate how housing counseling makes a difference in our communities. We will use these stories to show the need for robust federal funding for housing counseling...
Housing Wage in Illinois Now More than $30
For Immediate Release: July 23, 2026Contact: Kristin Ginger, Director of Communications & Development, Housing Action Illinois, kristin@housingactionil.org or 312-854-3333 CHICAGO, IL – Full-time workers need to earn $30.36 per hour to afford a modest, two-bedroom...
HUD Changes Could Push More than 5,000 Illinoisans Back Into Homelessness
For Immediate Release: June 26, 2026Contact: Kristin Ginger, Director of Communications & Development, Housing Action Illinois, kristin@housingactionil.org or 312-854-3333 CHICAGO, IL – A new analysis from the National Alliance to End Homelessness finds that 5,105...
Organizational Sign-On Letter: Protect the Equal Access Rule
Deadline: All comments must be submitted by 12:00 pm CT on Monday, June 29, 2026. Housing Action Illinois is urging organizations across the state to sign on to a letter opposing HUD’s proposed rescission of the Equal Access Rule (EAR). What is the Equal Access Rule?...
2026 State Legislative Session Wrap-Up
Each year, Housing Action Illinois works at both the state and federal levels on a broad range of issues aligned with our core mission of creating an Illinois where everyone has a good, affordable place to call home. Housing was a higher profile issue than usual...
Take Action to Support the Development of Missing Middle Housing
Join us in taking action to support the development of more affordable housing in Illinois communities. The Senate Executive Committee will hear testimony on numerous bills that support housing access and affordability at 1:30 pm TOMORROW (Thursday, April 23). This...
Sign-On Letter: Oppose HUD’s Proposed Work Requirements & Time Limits
Deadline: All comments must be submitted by April 21, 2026. Housing Action Illinois is urging organizations across the state to sign on to a letter opposing HUD’s proposed rule that would allow Public Housing Authorities and Project-Based Rental Assistance owners to...
Organizational Sign-On Letter to Tell HUD: Keep Families Together
Housing Action Illinois invites organizations across the state to sign on to a letter opposing HUD’s proposal to put mixed-status families living in HUD-funded housing at risk. In February, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published a proposed...