Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday, Sept. 3 issued an executive order, launching a comprehensive and integrated approach to fighting homelessness in Illinois. The order establishes the Illinois…
SPRINGFIELD – The House on April 22 passed House Bill 2775, introduced by Rep. La Shawn Ford, D-Chicago. The bill amends the state’s Homelessness Prevention Act by creating additional…
Even in the best of economic times, suburban nonprofits working to reduce homelessness and advocating for affordable housing struggle to get the word out. Poverty and homelessness are…
Volunteers get a taste of life on the streets as part of fundraiser About 50 volunteers are signed up to willingly sleep in cardboard boxes outside the Peoria Civic Center Friday, Jan….
SPRINGFIELD – Housing advocates including former Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti joined state Rep. La Shawn Ford and state Sen. Karina Villa Tuesday, April 13 to call for support…
Longstanding Public Action to Deliver Shelter (PADS) volunteer Michelle Bratton of Woodridge says she has joked with some of the shelter’s guests that “she hopes she never sees…
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Dec. 21 awarded a total of more than $5 million in funding to 28 Metro-East programs that provide services to homeless…
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