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Affordable Housing

  • Manar announces $200,000 grant to support affordable housing in Springfield

  • Manar, Stadelman, and Castro announce nearly $10 million in grants to support affordable housing

  • New landmark Simmons law requires air-conditioning in state-supported affordable housing while making living conditions for affordable housing residents safer

  • Senate Democrats announce $12 million in Rebuild Illinois funds for affordable housing preservation

  • Simmons addresses the pressing needs of youth experiencing homelessness

  • Simmons fights for improvements to affordable housing after residents’ deaths

  • Simmons fights to ban tenant junk fees and require lease transparency

  • Simmons initiative to require air-conditioning in affordable housing passes Senate

  • Simmons to expand Housing is Recovery pilot program

  • Simmons: Housing is a human right

  • Sims advances plan to develop affordable housing for community college students

  • Tenants in affordable housing may keep pets, thanks to new Holmes law

  • The Majority Report 07/25/22 - Prioritizing safety

  • The Majority Report 08/02/21 - Help is on the way

  • The Majority Report 09/08/25 - Expanding health care access on college campuses

  • Toro pushes for rent control to combat rising housing crisis

  • Trio of Democratic senators champion monumental affordable housing law

  • Turner and Senate Democrats announce $2 million investment for homelessness relief

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