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Posts tagged Housing Action Illinois
COVID pandemic worsens housing crisis
Illinois worker must make $21.30 an hour to afford a two-bedroom apartment, more than that in collar counties
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Ted CoxU.S. Housing, Illinois Affordable Housing, Out of Reach Report, Housing Action Illinois, Sharon Legenza, Housing Inequities, COVID-19 Disparities, Illinois Minimum Wage, J.B. Pritzker, National Low Income Housing Coalition, Bob Palmer, Heroes Act, CARES Act, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief
Panel mulls expanded Earned Income Tax Credit, affordable housing
EITC might go to young adults, immigrant workers
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Ted CoxEarned Income Tax Credit, Illinois Affordable Housing, Heather Steans, Emanuel Chris Welch, David Harris, Illinois Department of Revenue, Milton Friedman, Amber Wilson, Lisa Christensen Gee, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, Michael Zalewski, Delia Ramirez, Rachel Rhodes, National Equity Fund, Allison Clements, Illinois Housing Council, Bob Palmer, Housing Action Illinois
Illinois needs more affordable housing: study
There are just 36 affordable units available for every 100 extremely low-income renters
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African Americans more likely to be homeless
In Illinois, they’re more than eight times more likely than whites to find themselves without a home
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Boxed in
Illinois workers have to make $20 an hour just to afford a decent rental home
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