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COVID pandemic worsens housing crisis

COVID pandemic worsens housing crisis

Illinois worker must make $21.30 an hour to afford a two-bedroom apartment, more than that in collar counties

Ted CoxJuly 14, 2020U.S. Housing, Illinois Affordable Housing, Out of Reach Report, Housing Action Illinois, Sharon Legenza, Housing Inequities, COVID-19 Disparities, Illinois Minimum Wage, J.B. Pritzker, National Low Income Housing Coalition, Bob Palmer, Heroes Act, CARES Act, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief

Illinois needs more affordable housing: study

Illinois needs more affordable housing: study

There are just 36 affordable units available for every 100 extremely low-income renters

Ted CoxMarch 10, 2020Illinois Affordable Housing, Chicago Affordable Housing, National Low Income Housing Coalition, Housing Action Illinois, Sharon Legenza, Bob Palmer, 2020 U.S. Census

African Americans more likely to be homeless

African Americans more likely to be homeless

In Illinois, they’re more than eight times more likely than whites to find themselves without a home

Ted CoxSeptember 10, 2019Illinois Racism, Illinois Housing, Illinois Homelessness, Housing Action Illinois, Sharon Legenza, Bob Palmer, Mass Incarceration, Ban the Box, HUD

Boxed in

Boxed in

Illinois workers have to make $20 an hour just to afford a decent rental home

Ted CoxJune 21, 2018Working Families, Minimum Wage, Illinois Rents, Housing Action Illinois, National Low Income Housing Coalition, Sharon Legenza