Housing Action Illinois
@housingactionil.bsky.social
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December 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
⏰ Only ONE DAY LEFT! Don’t miss your chance to grab some amazing popcorn and support Housing Action Illinois through our Double Good fundraiser.
Every order helps us create an Illinois where everyone has a place to call home
Shop before it’s gone: popup.doublegood.com/s/xa32v7w0 🍿🏡
Every order helps us create an Illinois where everyone has a place to call home
Shop before it’s gone: popup.doublegood.com/s/xa32v7w0 🍿🏡
Housing Action Illinois is a coalition formed to protect and expand the availability of quality, affordable housing throughout Illinois. We would not be where we are today without our members. This #GivingTuesday, help shape the future of housing in Illinois: housingactionil.org/donations/
December 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Housing Action Illinois is a coalition formed to protect and expand the availability of quality, affordable housing throughout Illinois. We would not be where we are today without our members. This #GivingTuesday, help shape the future of housing in Illinois: housingactionil.org/donations/
Get your tickets for Data As Power: 50 Years of HMDA on December 10th! HMDA data has been essential for combatting lending discrimination. Fair housing leaders will discuss the role of HMDA data in their work and current threats to racial equity and data transparency.
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December 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Get your tickets for Data As Power: 50 Years of HMDA on December 10th! HMDA data has been essential for combatting lending discrimination. Fair housing leaders will discuss the role of HMDA data in their work and current threats to racial equity and data transparency.
hmda50.eventbrite.com
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Get your tickets for Data As Power: 50 Years of HMDA: www.eventbrite.com/e/data-as-po...
In the event's second panel, fair housing experts unpack the dynamic role HMDA data plays in highlighting community inequities, holding financial institutions accountable, and driving policy change.
In the event's second panel, fair housing experts unpack the dynamic role HMDA data plays in highlighting community inequities, holding financial institutions accountable, and driving policy change.
December 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Get your tickets for Data As Power: 50 Years of HMDA: www.eventbrite.com/e/data-as-po...
In the event's second panel, fair housing experts unpack the dynamic role HMDA data plays in highlighting community inequities, holding financial institutions accountable, and driving policy change.
In the event's second panel, fair housing experts unpack the dynamic role HMDA data plays in highlighting community inequities, holding financial institutions accountable, and driving policy change.
Our Double Good fundraiser is live!
From now through December 5, you can support Housing Action Illinois by buying delicious popcorn — half of every purchase directly supports our mission to ensure everyone in Illinois has a safe, affordable place to call home.
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From now through December 5, you can support Housing Action Illinois by buying delicious popcorn — half of every purchase directly supports our mission to ensure everyone in Illinois has a safe, affordable place to call home.
popup.doublegood.com/s/xa32v7w0?f...
December 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Our Double Good fundraiser is live!
From now through December 5, you can support Housing Action Illinois by buying delicious popcorn — half of every purchase directly supports our mission to ensure everyone in Illinois has a safe, affordable place to call home.
popup.doublegood.com/s/xa32v7w0?f...
From now through December 5, you can support Housing Action Illinois by buying delicious popcorn — half of every purchase directly supports our mission to ensure everyone in Illinois has a safe, affordable place to call home.
popup.doublegood.com/s/xa32v7w0?f...
Reposted by Housing Action Illinois
Homelessness in the U.S. is far more pervasive than the official figures suggest: roughly four million people are without housing right now.
Many are part of the low-wage labor force, powering the very economy that has abandoned them.
I spoke with PBS News about this devastating reality (Part 1):
Many are part of the low-wage labor force, powering the very economy that has abandoned them.
I spoke with PBS News about this devastating reality (Part 1):
December 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Homelessness in the U.S. is far more pervasive than the official figures suggest: roughly four million people are without housing right now.
Many are part of the low-wage labor force, powering the very economy that has abandoned them.
I spoke with PBS News about this devastating reality (Part 1):
Many are part of the low-wage labor force, powering the very economy that has abandoned them.
I spoke with PBS News about this devastating reality (Part 1):
Because of a harmful overhaul to nationwide funding for homeless services, "the City of Rockford’s homeless program must remake itself in 60 days. 'This is like no grant we’ve ever seen, and it’s not good,' warned [Angie] Walker," talking with @wifr.com.
www.wifr.com/2025/11/21/f...
www.wifr.com/2025/11/21/f...
Federal rule change forces City of Rockford to reinvent homeless programs
Advocates for the homeless sound the alarm on new requirements for federal funding.
www.wifr.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Because of a harmful overhaul to nationwide funding for homeless services, "the City of Rockford’s homeless program must remake itself in 60 days. 'This is like no grant we’ve ever seen, and it’s not good,' warned [Angie] Walker," talking with @wifr.com.
www.wifr.com/2025/11/21/f...
www.wifr.com/2025/11/21/f...
Thank you to speakers, sponsors, supporters, and attendees for helping make #HousingMatters2025a success! Click the link below to view and download photos from our conference. flic.kr/s/aHBqjCB7Bd
November 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Thank you to speakers, sponsors, supporters, and attendees for helping make #HousingMatters2025a success! Click the link below to view and download photos from our conference. flic.kr/s/aHBqjCB7Bd
Mark your calendars! From December 1–5, we’re hosting a Double Good popcorn fundraiser to support Housing Action Illinois! Every purchase helps us advance affordable housing and stronger communities across the state. Stay tuned for details!
housingactionil.org/donations/
housingactionil.org/donations/
November 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Mark your calendars! From December 1–5, we’re hosting a Double Good popcorn fundraiser to support Housing Action Illinois! Every purchase helps us advance affordable housing and stronger communities across the state. Stay tuned for details!
housingactionil.org/donations/
housingactionil.org/donations/
Roughly 250 people out of the 814 now considered homeless in 4 Central IL counties will be affected by a federal funding cut for permanent housing.
"These cuts will in fact lead to future homelessness in our community,” CoC partner Kate Green tells @25newsnow.com.
www.25newsnow.com/2025/11/19/p...
"These cuts will in fact lead to future homelessness in our community,” CoC partner Kate Green tells @25newsnow.com.
www.25newsnow.com/2025/11/19/p...
Permanent housing programs for Central Illinois homeless face possible Trump funding cut
"...these cuts will in fact lead to future homelessness in our community”
www.25newsnow.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Roughly 250 people out of the 814 now considered homeless in 4 Central IL counties will be affected by a federal funding cut for permanent housing.
"These cuts will in fact lead to future homelessness in our community,” CoC partner Kate Green tells @25newsnow.com.
www.25newsnow.com/2025/11/19/p...
"These cuts will in fact lead to future homelessness in our community,” CoC partner Kate Green tells @25newsnow.com.
www.25newsnow.com/2025/11/19/p...
“This is such a big pivot, such a big change in priority in policy decisions, that it’s going to be very difficult for our communities to absorb,” Kate Green tells CIProud on HUD funding changes. “And what we’re going to see is a growth in homelessness.”
www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-n...
www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-n...
Funding changes threaten 250 housing units for otherwise homeless in Peoria
The Home For All Continuum of Care in Peoria, Illinois could lose up to 70% of its HUD funding, potentially affecting 250 permanent support housing units and increasing homelessness in the area.
www.centralillinoisproud.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
“This is such a big pivot, such a big change in priority in policy decisions, that it’s going to be very difficult for our communities to absorb,” Kate Green tells CIProud on HUD funding changes. “And what we’re going to see is a growth in homelessness.”
www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-n...
www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-n...
Thank you to @illinoisanswers.bsky.social for bringing a local lens to the HUD proposal to drastically change funding rules for critical homelessness service programming & slash the money available to subsidize long-term housing solutions: illinoisanswers.org/2025/11/18/n...
illinoisanswers.org
November 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Thank you to @illinoisanswers.bsky.social for bringing a local lens to the HUD proposal to drastically change funding rules for critical homelessness service programming & slash the money available to subsidize long-term housing solutions: illinoisanswers.org/2025/11/18/n...
A dramatic restructuring of funding for homelessness “really completely changes almost two decades of how HUD has worked to support communities to help people end homelessness,” our partner Josh Sabo of Heartland Continuum of Care tells ABC NewsChannel20.
newschannel20.com/news/local/i...
newschannel20.com/news/local/i...
Illinois groups urge Trump Administration to reconsider plan they say risks homelessness
Securing federal funding to address homelessness could turn into a competition across the nation.
newschannel20.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:49 PM
A dramatic restructuring of funding for homelessness “really completely changes almost two decades of how HUD has worked to support communities to help people end homelessness,” our partner Josh Sabo of Heartland Continuum of Care tells ABC NewsChannel20.
newschannel20.com/news/local/i...
newschannel20.com/news/local/i...
Calling all housing counselors: Join us for Bankruptcy: What Housing Counselors Need to Know on Dec. 10 from 1-3 pm! Register now: housingactionil.org/events
November 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Calling all housing counselors: Join us for Bankruptcy: What Housing Counselors Need to Know on Dec. 10 from 1-3 pm! Register now: housingactionil.org/events
Reposted by Housing Action Illinois
It's hard to express what it meant to watch Maurice, Natalia, Celeste, and Rhea tell their stories—in their own voices—this morning.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
November 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It's hard to express what it meant to watch Maurice, Natalia, Celeste, and Rhea tell their stories—in their own voices—this morning.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
Reposted by Housing Action Illinois
🧵It’s official-@HUDgov is slashing overall permanent housing funds by roughly 2/3 in its main #homelessness solutions program–the Continuum of Care(CoC). If Congress doesn’t undo this harmful change, over 170K formerly unhoused people will lose housing assistance next year.
November 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
🧵It’s official-@HUDgov is slashing overall permanent housing funds by roughly 2/3 in its main #homelessness solutions program–the Continuum of Care(CoC). If Congress doesn’t undo this harmful change, over 170K formerly unhoused people will lose housing assistance next year.
Nearly 300 IL organizations are calling on HUD to avoid a harmful gap in homelessness funding. Last night, HUD announced a rushed grant competition & major program changes.
Our ask: Renew existing grants. Don’t push people back into homelessness.
Read more: housingactionil.org/blog/2025/11...
Our ask: Renew existing grants. Don’t push people back into homelessness.
Read more: housingactionil.org/blog/2025/11...
November 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Nearly 300 IL organizations are calling on HUD to avoid a harmful gap in homelessness funding. Last night, HUD announced a rushed grant competition & major program changes.
Our ask: Renew existing grants. Don’t push people back into homelessness.
Read more: housingactionil.org/blog/2025/11...
Our ask: Renew existing grants. Don’t push people back into homelessness.
Read more: housingactionil.org/blog/2025/11...
Affordable housing is critical for healthy communities. Housing Action works every day to create an Illinois where everyone has a place to call home. With your support, we can make an even bigger difference: housingactionil.org/donations
November 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Affordable housing is critical for healthy communities. Housing Action works every day to create an Illinois where everyone has a place to call home. With your support, we can make an even bigger difference: housingactionil.org/donations
Any day now, we expect HUD to implement harmful changes to their grant-making that will hamstring the 19 networks in IL that provide the foundation for local efforts to end homelessness.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Trump Administration Expected to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Any day now, we expect HUD to implement harmful changes to their grant-making that will hamstring the 19 networks in IL that provide the foundation for local efforts to end homelessness.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Calling all housing counselors: Join us for Mortgage Math for Housing Counselors on Nov. 13 from 1-4 pm! Register now: housingactionil.org/events
November 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Calling all housing counselors: Join us for Mortgage Math for Housing Counselors on Nov. 13 from 1-4 pm! Register now: housingactionil.org/events
NFHA’s 2025 Fair Housing Trends Report reveals that discrimination remains both pervasive & persistent, with 32,000+ complaints filed in 2024. But even as discrimination rises, federal support is being withdrawn. The path forward requires collective strength! Read the report here: bit.ly/43MtsA7
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
NFHA’s 2025 Fair Housing Trends Report reveals that discrimination remains both pervasive & persistent, with 32,000+ complaints filed in 2024. But even as discrimination rises, federal support is being withdrawn. The path forward requires collective strength! Read the report here: bit.ly/43MtsA7
Housing Action is a member of the Illinois Coalition for Fair Insurance Rates, and we're disappointed that this legislation just failed to pass. It would have empowered the IL Department of Insurance to reject excessive homeowners insurance rate hikes. Learn more: abc7chicago.com/post/bill-re...
Bill to regulate Illinois homeowners' insurance rates fails on final day of veto session
A bill that failed would have given state insurance regulators authority to review and approve rates charged for homeowners' insurance in Illinois.
abc7chicago.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Housing Action is a member of the Illinois Coalition for Fair Insurance Rates, and we're disappointed that this legislation just failed to pass. It would have empowered the IL Department of Insurance to reject excessive homeowners insurance rate hikes. Learn more: abc7chicago.com/post/bill-re...
Housing Action continues to fight to create an Illinois where everyone has a good, stable place to call home. With your support, we can make a bigger impact and ensure meaningful change: housingactionil.org/donations/
November 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Housing Action continues to fight to create an Illinois where everyone has a good, stable place to call home. With your support, we can make a bigger impact and ensure meaningful change: housingactionil.org/donations/
Last Wednesday, Housing Action Illinois' Executive Director Sharon Legenza joined Capital One for a conversation about housing affordability. Capital One then announced an open call for proposals for a new initiative. Read more at chicago.suntimes.com/real-estate/...
November 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Last Wednesday, Housing Action Illinois' Executive Director Sharon Legenza joined Capital One for a conversation about housing affordability. Capital One then announced an open call for proposals for a new initiative. Read more at chicago.suntimes.com/real-estate/...
Calling all housing counselors: Join us for Appraisal Bias & Unethical Property Evaluations this Thursday from 1-4 pm. Register now: housingactionil.org/events
November 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Calling all housing counselors: Join us for Appraisal Bias & Unethical Property Evaluations this Thursday from 1-4 pm. Register now: housingactionil.org/events