Housing Action Illinois

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The Housing Action Illinois logo, which is a black outline of a simple house outline with a heart outline in the middle.

Housing Action Illinois is a statewide coalition formed to protect and expand the availability of quality, affordable housing throughout Illinois. “We are working to create an Illinois where everyone has a good, stable home,” the HAI website explains.

According to HousingActionIl.org, more than 160 housing counseling agencies, homeless service providers, developers of affordable housing, and policymakers help empower communities to thrive through capacity building, education and organizing, and policy advocacy. HAI’s strategic plan is built on four pillars:  Educate, Advocate, Strengthen, Sustain.

Illinois Network of Centers for Independent Living (INCIL) Executive Director John S. Herring, Sr. serves on the HAI Board. He is pictured here with Statewide Independent Living Council of Illinois (SILC) Executive Director Shelly Richardson at the October, 2022 Board Meeting in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois.

Color pictureof Housing Action Illinois Board members assembled for a photograph.
Housing Action Illinois Board – October, 2022 annual meeting. Pictured, left to right: Cornell Lurry, Midland States Bank; John Herring, INCIL; Kurt Kuyawa, Citizens Bank; Sharon Legenza, Housing Action Illinois; Sholanda Bedenfield, Federal Home Loan Bank Chicago; Bob Campbell, Zion Development (back); Shelly Richardson, Statewide Independent Living Council (front); Carl Wolf, Respond Now; Horacio Mendez, Woodstock Institute; Margaret Wooten, Chicago Urban League; Niccole Clements, PNC.

To learn more and get involved, visit https://housingactionil.org/, info@housingactionil.org.

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