Public Education & Organizing
Our members make us powerful.
We build awareness and activate change by sharing information and real-life stories with policymakers, nonprofit service providers, and the media. We keep our members and allies informed about the latest developments in housing policy, organize issue-specific working groups, meet with legislators, take the pulse of communities during our outreach caravan, and host an annual Housing Matters Conference where advocates and practitioners share their knowledge and expertise.
Our Priority Issues
Housing Action Illinois works to educate and organize around a broad range of issues aligned with our core mission of creating an Illinois where everyone has a good, affordable place to call home. Our primary issues include:
Louder Together: Multi-Sector Partnerships
To truly change our affordable housing ecosystem for the better, we need to bring together not just housing advocates but also people, organizations, and interest groups from beyond the housing field. This is why Housing Action Illinois has joined the national Opportunity Starts at Home campaign, a project of our allies at the National Low Income Housing Coalition, and why we are working with advocates in pediatric health care, refugee resettlement, and the disability rights sector to raise up affordable housing as an issue that matters to all of us.
Annual Conference
During our annual conference, we build the expertise, experience, and capacity to make our communities better.
Caravan
We visit with members, host regional gatherings, and take the pulse of housing issues in rural, suburban, and urban Illinois.
Publications
Housing Action Illinois publishes research and analysis on issues related to affordable housing, as well as educational materials.
Latest News
United for Homes Proposal Needs to be Part of Tax Reform!
Urge Senators Durbin and Kirk to Support Mortgage Interest Deduction Reform and National Housing Trust Fund by July 26 The leaders of the Senate Finance Committee have informed their colleagues that they want to start from a “blank slate” on comprehensive federal tax...
Last Chance to Impact House Version of Federal Housing Budget is TODAY!
Please Call Your Representative's Capitol Office The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) plans to finalize and vote on the fiscal year 2014 (FY14) federal housing budget tomorrow morning,...
Illinois General Assembly Wrap-Up
State Budget Protects and Slightly Expands Affordable Housing and Homeless Programs Through the combined advocacy efforts of many groups, the fiscal year 2014 (FY14) state budget protected funding for programs to create affordable housing and end homelessness,...