Illinois is facing a shortage of roughly 142,000 housing units and must more than double its construction pace to catch up ...

Robert Bruno, a professor of labor and employment relations at the U. of I. and director of the Project for Middle Class ...

If there's one thing that U.S. politicians and activists from across the political spectrum can agree on, it's that rents are ...

Study authors are recommending a series of policy changes to help spur tens of thousands of new housing units.

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 ...

Vienna has a way to make affordable housing and combat climate change all at the same time. Now U.S. cities want in, and they ...

The increase in calls was largely driven by a lack of safe housing for survivors, according to a new report from the group ...

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Central and Southern Illinois are deeply familiar with the growing need for affordable housing. Across the state, more than 289,000 affordable rental homes are needed to meet the needs of ...

Illinois is facing a public defense crisis. That was the message from lawyers, lawmakers, policy advocates, and organizers who converged at the Northwestern Pritzker Law’s downtown campus on ...

Amid housing crisis, task force could look to expand community land trusts in Illinois. ... This task force bill passed out of the Illinois House housing committee on a partisan 10-3 vote.

It’s called the Build Illinois Homes Tax Credit (House Bill 1147 / Senate Bill 62). It’s a state tax credit that would attract private investment into affordable housing developments.