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

JACKSONVILLE, ILLINOIS — Homelessness has been an ongoing issue for some Central Illinois cities like Springfield. Now, ...

In the last year alone, homelessness has seen an increase both nationwide and statewide. Now, experts in Illinois are ...

W ith homelessness increasing in Illinois, a coalition of shelter providers and advocates is calling for a $100 million increase in state funding to prevent homelessness and provide shelter to ...

With homelessness increasing in Illinois, a coalition of shelter providers and advocates is calling for a $100 million increase in state funding to prevent homelessness and provide shelter to ...

A new report finds the racial disparity in homelessness in Illinois is among the worst in the country. According to researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago, Black residents in Illinois ...

Homelessness increasing. The number of people experiencing homelessness in Illinois more than doubled between 2023 and 2024, according to federal data released this month.Most of that increase was ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker used the release of a report on Black homelessness in Illinois to press the case for his proposal to increase funding on efforts to address the issue in next year’s budget by ...

The “Illinois Homelessness Morbidity & Mortality Report 2017-2022” found a 36.6% overall increase in deaths of people experiencing homelessness since the start of the COVID pandemic.

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