Members

180+ organizations united to advance quality, affordable housing for all.

Many voices are stronger than one. Housing Action Illinois’ members include nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and corporations, united by the vision of an Illinois where everyone has a good, stable place to call home.

2024 Organizational Members

360 Youth Services, Naperville
Access Living, Chicago
All Chicago Making Homelessness History, Chicago
Alliance to End Homelessness in Suburban Cook County, Hillside
Ameren Illinois, Springfield
Apna Ghar, Chicago
Applegate & Thorne-Thomsen, Chicago
Arab American Family Services, Worth
Architreasures, Chicago
Association for Individual Development, Elgin
Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry, Aurora
BCMW Community Services, Centralia
Bridge Communities, Glen Ellyn
Brighton Park Neighborhood Council, Chicago
Busey Bank, Champaign
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago, Chicago
Catholic Charities Diocese of Joliet, Downers Grove
CEFS Economic Opportunity Corporation, Effingham
Center for Changing Lives, Chicago
Center for Disability and Elder Law, Chicago
Central Illinois Land Bank Authority, Danville
Centro Romero, Chicago
Champaign County Regional Planning Commission, Urbana
Champaign-Urbana Tenant Union, Champaign
Chicago 400 Alliance, Chicago
Chicago Area Fair Housing Alliance, Chicago
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, Chicago
Chicago Community Loan Fund, Chicago
Chicago Furniture Bank, Chicago
Chicago Housing Trust, Chicago
Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, Chicago
Chicago Rehab Network, Chicago
Chicago Urban League, Chicago
Chinese American Service League, Chicago
Cinnaire, Madison
City of Evanston, Evanston
City of Kankakee Economic & Community Development Agency, Kankakee
City of Rockford, Rockford
City of Urbana, Urbana
Climate Economy Educations, Inc., Makanda
Community & Economic Development Association of Cook County, Chicago
Community Investment Corporation of Decatur, Decatur
Community Partners for Affordable Housing, Highland Park
Community Service Council of Northern Will County, Bolingbrook
Connections for the Homeless, Evanston
Consumer Credit Counseling Services of Northern IL, Woodstock
Cornerstone Community Development Corporation, Ford Heights
CSH, Chicago
Cumberland Green Cooperative, St. Charles
Cunningham Township, Urbana
Disability Resource Center, Joliet
Dispute Resolution Institute, Carbondale
Dove, Inc., Decatur
DuPage County Continuum of Care, Wheaton
DuPage Habitat for Humanity, Wheaton
DuPagePADS, Wheaton
Edwardsville Community Housing Alliance, Edwardsville
Embarras River Basin Agency, Greenup
Erie Neighborhood House, Chicago
Everlasting Word Church, Aurora
Fair Housing Legal Clinic – UIC Law, Chicago
Far South Community Development Corporation, Chicago
Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, Chicago
First Mid Bank & Trust, Fairview Heights
Fortitude Community Outreach, Bourbonnais
Full Circle Communities, Chicago
Garfield Park Community Council, Chicago
Genesis Garden, Macomb
Good News in the Neighborhood, Palatine
Good Samaritan Inn, Decatur
Gorman & Company, Oregon
Grass Roots Organizing Works, Rock Island
Grundy County Housing Authority, Morris
H.O.M.E. DuPage, Wheaton
Habitat for Humanity of Champaign County, Champaign
Habitat for Humanity of Northern Fox Valley, Elgin
HANA Center, Chicago
Harris Family Foundation, Chicago
Heart of Illinois United Way, Peoria
Heartland House/Heartland Continuum of Care, Springfield
Hesed House, Aurora
HOPE Fair Housing Center, Wheaton
HOPE of East Central Illinois, Charleston
Housing Authority of Champaign County, Champaign
Housing Authority of Cook County, Chicago
Housing Choice Partners of Illinois, Chicago
Housing Forward, Maywood
Housing Opportunities and Maintenance for the Elderly, Chicago
Housing Opportunities for Women, Chicago
IFF, Chicago
Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies, Springfield
Illinois Housing Council, Chicago
Illinois Network of Centers for Independent Living, Springfield
Illinois Valley Center for Independent Living, Spring Valley
Illinois Valley Economic Development Corporation, Gillespie
IMPACT Center for Independent Living, Alton
Impact for Equity, Chicago
Journeys | The Road Home, Palatine
Justine Petersen, St. Louis
Kankakee County Housing Authority, Kankakee
Lake County Housing Authority, Grayslake
Latino Policy Forum, Chicago
Law Center for Better Housing, Chicago
Lazarus House, St. Charles
LIFE Center for Independent Living, Bloomington
Little Fannie’s Heavenly Housing, Dolton
Mano a Mano Family Resource Center, Round Lake Park
Meraki House of Illinois, Chicago
Mercy Housing Lakefront, Chicago
Metropolitan Family Services, Chicago
Metropolitan Family Services | Legal Aid Society, Chicago
Metropolitan Planning Council, Chicago
Mid Central Community Action, Bloomington
Midland States Bank, Chesterfield​
Moline Community Development Corporation, Moline
Moran Center for Youth Advocacy, Evanston
Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago, Chicago
Neighbors for Affordable Housing, Chicago
North Suburban Legal Aid, Highland Park
North West Housing Partnership, Schaumburg
N/NW Suburban Task Force on Supportive Housing, Wheeling
Northern Illinois Regional Affordable Community Housing (NI ReACH), Rockford
Northside Community Development Corporation, Chicago
Northwest Center, Chicago
Northwest Christian Community Development Corporation, Rockford
Oliver Emerson Development, Chicago
Open Communities, Evanston
PADS Lake County, North Chicago
PADS of Elgin, Elgin
People’s Resource Center, Wheaton
Peoria Housing Authority, Peoria
Peoria Opportunities Foundation, Peoria
Phoenix Community Development Services, Peoria
Preservation of Affordable Housing, Chicago
Progress Center for Independent Living, Forest Park
Project NOW, Rock Island
Reach CDC, Chicago
Rebuilding Together Metro Chicago, Chicago
Rebuilding Together Stephenson County, Freeport
Renaissance Social Services, Inc., Chicago
Respond Now, Chicago Heights
Restoration America, Inc., Crystal Lake
ReVive Center for Housing and Healing, Chicago
Rockford Area Habitat for Humanity, Loves Park
Rockford Housing Authority, Rockford
Sarah’s Circle, Chicago
Second Federal / Self-Help Federal Credit Union, Chicago
Share Our Spare, Chicago
South Suburban Housing Center, Homewood
South Suburban PADS, Chicago Heights
Southern Illinois Coalition for the Homeless, Marion
Southwestern Illinois Development Authority, Collinsville
Spanish Coalition for Housing, Chicago
Spanish Community Center, Joliet
Springfield Housing Authority, Springfield
Statewide Independent Living Council of Illinois, Springfield
Supportive Housing Providers Association (SHPA), Springfield
TASC, Inc. (Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities), Chicago
Territory, Chicago
The Journey Forward, Chicago
The Neighbor Project, Aurora
The ReBirth of Greater Roseland, Chicago
The Resurrection Project, Chicago
The Springfield Project, Springfield
Thresholds, Chicago
Thrive Housing NFP, Normal
Together We Cope, Tinley Park
Total Resource Community Development Organization, Chicago
Tri-County Opportunities Council, Rock Falls
Trinity Services, Chicago Metro
UChicago Harm Reduction Project, Chicago
Unity Parenting and Counseling, Chicago
Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, Inc., St. Louis
Voice of the People in Uptown, Chicago
Western Egyptian Economic Opportunity Council, Inc., Steeleville
Will County Center for Community Concerns, Joliet
Will County Community Development Division, Joliet
Will County Habitat for Humanity, Joliet
WJW Architects, Chicago
Woodstock Institute, Chicago
Working Family Solidarity, Chicago
Xilin Association, Hoffman Estates
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago, Chicago

Updated March 2024

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IMPACT Center for Independent Living

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Liz Eakins

Lazarus House

Finding the Right Formula for Service

Finding the Right Formula for Service

“Home isn't where you're from, it's where you find light when all grows dark.”― Pierce Brown, Golden Son Before serving as an AmeriCorps member with Housing Action Illinois, I served as an AmeriCorps member for a year as a Literacy Tutor in the Las Vegas School...