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Affordable Housing Month

Affordable Housing Month is November 2008!

Housing Action Illinois organizes Affordable Housing Month to provide the opportunity for organizations and individuals to raise public awareness about the importance of affordable, accessible and fair housing.

Resources on how to get involved are available by clicking here.

Planned Activities

Alliance Housing, Peoria
Town Hall Meeting on Affordable Housing Issues in Peoria, November 18th at 6 p.m.
Contact: Michelle Sanders, alliancehousing@gmail.com

Bridge Communities, Glen Ellyn
“Sleep Out Saturday 2008” to raise awareness about family homelessness in DuPage County, November 1
Contact: http://www.bridgecommunities.org/sos/index.html

Chicago Community Loan Fund
Strategic Options for Real Estate Developers in a Contracting Market: A Resources & Ideas Workshop for Affordable For-Sale Housing Developers, co-sponsored with Fannie Mae, November 18 at 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Contact: Kate McInerney at workshop@cclfchicago.org or 312-252-0440 x205 if you would like to attend this complimentary session

Decatur/Macon County Homeless Council Continuum of Care
Getting Affordable Housing Month proclamations from local governments
Contact: Darsonya Switzer, 217-423-7711 x. 3019

DeKalb Housing Action Coalition
Getting Affordable Housing Month proclamations from local governments
Contact: Herb Rubin, hrubin@niu.edu

DuPage Housing Action Coalition
Press Outreach on Lessons Learned from the Housing Crisis and Affordable Housing Success Stories, November 14
Getting Affordable Housing Month proclamations from local governments
Contact: Kathy Kregor, 630-588-9010

Good Samaritan Inn, Decatur
Working with Grace United Methodist Church to build a “Box City”, a public education display on homelessness, November 21
Contact: Kathleen Taylor 217-429-1455

Heartland Alliance Mid-America Institute on Poverty
Promoting 3 Recently Completed Studies on Housing
Contact: Amy Rynell, 773-336-6074

Highland Park Illinois Community Land Trust
Ribbon cutting and open house for Hyacinth Place, fourteen affordable, "green" townhomes in Highland Park on November 14 at 2 p.m.
Contact: Rob Anthony, 847-681-8746

Housing Action Illinois
Annual Membership Meeting, November 13 in Springfield
Contact: Matt Murphy, 312-939-6074 ext. 107

Interfaith Housing Center of the Northern Suburbs, Winnetka
Getting Affordable Housing Month proclamations from local governments
Contact: Margaret Feit Clarke, 847-501-5760

Kane County Affordable Housing Coalition
Getting Affordable Housing Month proclamations from local governments
Contact: Darlene Marcusson, Lazarus House, 630-587-5872

Lakeside Community Development Corporation, Chicago
Open House on Thursday, November 13, from 4:30-8:00 p.m.
Three free workshops for condominium association members and board leaders
Contact: Brian White, 773-381-5253 or http://www.lakesidecdc.org

St. James Parish, Arlington Heights
Recruiting HousingMatters.net members
Contact: Kathy McGourty, RMcgourty@aol.com

Village of Oak Park
Passing Affordable Housing Month proclamation
Contact: Tammie Grossman, 708 358-5411

West Suburban PADS, Maywood
Holding series of public education events on homelessness at local libraries and recruiting HousingMatters.net members
Contact: Lynda Schueler, 708-338-1724 x. 223

Affordable Housing Month Resources

Click on the following links to download materials:

Housing Action Illinois Press Release (Distributed on 10/31/08)

PDF scan of Governor Blagojevich's Proclamation

Affordable Housing Fact Sheet

HousingMatters.net Marketing Flier

HousingMatters.net Sign-up Sheets

To get more information, please contact Bob Palmer, Policy Director, at bob@housingactionil.org.