The state is reducing funding for homeless prevention and housing programs despite a 116% rise in homelessness, straining ...

Despite Illinois’ homelessness crisis, FY26 cuts $26.6M from the Home Illinois program. Advocates highlight growing costs and need for resources.

The Build Illinois Homes Tax Credit (HB 1147/SB 62) is a proven, bipartisan solution to this crisis. This proposal has already been adopted in more than 25 other states, and it would create a ...

The state of Illinois and the city of Chicago have continued their commitment to financially support our work to address homelessness, but they cannot replace the federal funding currently under ...

Pritzker’s administration had previously targeted housing programs for substantial increases in recent years. The FY26 budget appropriated $263.7 million for Home Illinois, down from $290.3 ...

The spending reductions come as homelessness in Illinois continues to rise despite the new program. The latest data on homelessness in Illinois from an October report by a Department of Human ...

Facing a tight budget year with constrained spending and limited natural revenue growth, the $55.1 billion fiscal year 2026 ...

No, it isn’t … we know that homelessness is an existential crisis, and the state of Illinois takes this seriously,” Sen. Adriane Johnson, D-Buffalo Grove, who serves on a state homeless ...

No, it isn’t … we know that homelessness is an existential crisis, and the state of Illinois takes this seriously,” Sen. Adriane Johnson, D-Buffalo Grove, who serves on a state homeless ...

No, it isn’t … we know that homelessness is an existential crisis, and the state of Illinois takes this seriously,” Sen. Adriane Johnson, D-Buffalo Grove, who serves on a state homeless ...