After years of soaring rents and home prices and an enduring homelessness crisis, California is finally creating a state ...

“Last year homelessness increased 116% in the state of Illinois,” Doug Kenshol, co-founder of the Illinois Shelter Alliance, ...

The FY26 budget cuts tens of millions of dollars of funding to housing programs, including the governor’s signature program designed to end homelessness in Illinois.

The federal budget proposed by the White House would decimate the homeless response system across the country.

Legislators need to pass the Build Illinois Homes Tax Credit bill, says Lore Baker, president of the Association for Individual Development.

We know nobody chooses to be homeless, but are these progressive blue states creating an out-of-control spiral because of incredibly poor policies?

Illinois Politics Housing funding cut in Illinois budget as homelessness increases Lawmakers voted to decrease funding for housing programs by more than $14M.

Facing a tight budget year with constrained spending and limited natural revenue growth, the $55.1 billion fiscal year 2026 ...

The number of homeless people in Illinois is rising, but the state’s spending on homeless prevention and other housing programs is headed in the other direction.

No, it isn’t … we know that homelessness is an existential crisis, and the state of Illinois takes this seriously,” Sen. Adriane Johnson, D-Buffalo Grove, who serves on a state homeless ...