Housing Action Illinois

David Berenbaum, the deputy assistant secretary for housing counseling at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, spoke to around 400 attendees of the Housing Action Illinois annual conference in Bloomington about how to prepare the next generation of homeowners for the task. He shares his insights with WGLT.

It takes pay of more than $16.40 an hour for a full-time worker to afford a two-bedroom apartment in Bloomington-Normal and Peoria. That's according to a new report from Housing Action Illinois and the National Low Income Housing Coalition.

A bill that would offer state tax credits to owners and developers of affordable housing units passed out of committee last week at the Illinois…

Editor's note: This is part of a five-story series reported at the Housing Action Illinois conference in Bloomington on Oct. 24-25. The stories ran…

Editor's note: This is part of a five-story series reported at the Housing Action Illinois conference in Bloomington on Oct. 24-25. The stories ran…

Editor's note: This is part of a five-story series reported at the Housing Action Illinois conference in Bloomington on Oct. 24-25. The stories ran…

Editor's note: This is part of a five-story series reported at the Housing Action Illinois conference in Bloomington on Oct. 24-25. The stories ran…

Editor's note: This is part of a five-story series reported at the Housing Action Illinois conference in Bloomington on Oct. 24-25. The stories ran…