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Posts tagged Illinois Affordable Housing
State launches pandemic help for renters
Aid for homeowners to follow; Pritzker, Castro push for additional federal relief
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, Coronavirus Unemployment, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Illinois COVID-19, J.B. Pritzker, Illinois Unemployment, Illinois Affordable Housing, Illinois Housing, Emergency Rental Assistance Program, Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program, Heroes Act, Cristina Castro, Kristin Faust, Illinois Housing Development Authority
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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Housing advocates seek bigger slice of cap bill
Guv allots $175M, but supporters ask $1B, pointing out it’s returned in property taxes, jobs, other savings
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Ted CoxDelia Ramirez, Mattie Hunter, Allison Clements, Illinois Housing Council, Southwest Organizing Project, Jeff Bartow, Illinois Affordable Housing, Imelda Salazar, Erica Smith, Helping Hands of Springfield, Bob Colvin, Paris Economic Development Corp., Illinois Capital Bill, J.B. Pritzker