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Housing Action Illinois strives to provide affordable, convenient, and effective training to keep your organization ahead of the curve. We offer trainings for both nonprofit housing developers and for HUD-certified housing counseling agencies. To make sure you are notified of updates in our training schedule, please contact info@housingactionil.org.

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2011 Training Schedule

For Housing Counseling Agencies

August 15th-17th: Homeownership Network Learning Alliance's (NHNLA) Place Based Training: Housing Counseling Program Management. This free training is sponsored by NCLR and will cover capacity building to improve community impact, program sustainability, fostering partnerships and much more!

To register, please click here.

Questions about our counselor training schedule? Contact Erica Page at erica@housingactionil.org or 312-939-6074 x. 108.

For Housing Developers

Housing Action is excited to bring 2 free statewide Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) trainings, sponsored by HUD, including 1) Building Home Training (A HUD Step-In training), 2-days in length; and 2) Financing Development that will cover sources for multi-family financing and Proforma development, 1-day in length. These trainings are only available to current CHDOs.

Building HOME provides an overview of the HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) Program, including changes made since publication of the HOME Final Rule in 1996. Participants will become familiar with all program activities, including homeowner and homebuyer, rental housing, tenant-based rental assistance, and CHDO activities. This is a comprehensive introduction to the HOME Program, as well as an important refresher on the basic elements of the Program.

1) August 25th - 26th: Ecology Center, 2024 McCormick Blvd, Evanston, IL, 60201

2) September 7th - 8th: Champaign Public Library, 200 W. Green St, Champaign, IL, 61820

3) September 14th -15th: Regions Bank Building, #19 Public Square, Suite 200, Belleville, IL, 62220

Financing Development is a one-day session that will provide an hands-on, introductory overview of the elements of affordable housing finance. Participants will review primary funding sources available for affordable housing development and participate in hands-on case study exercises to develop basic funding models. Participants will use Excel spreadsheets to develop predevelopment planning documents, including Sources and Uses Statements and Operating Proforma projections, understanding the connection between these key documents and using them to determine basic project feasibility.

1) August 23rd: Regions Bank Building, #19 Public Square, Suite 200, Belleville, IL, 62220

2) August 24th: Ecology Center, 2024 McCormick Blvd, Evanston, IL, 60201

3) August 29th: Champaign Public Library, 200 W. Green St, Champaign, IL, 61820

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LATEST NEWS

Funding for Emergency and Transitional Housing Restored by Illinois General Assembly: November 30

Advocacy Update and Action Alert: November 28

Survey Shows Funds for Homelessness Prevention Not Available This Winter in Half of Illinois Communities : November 21

General Assembly Should Pass TIF Reform Bill During Veto Session: November 4

Recession Over, But Poor Renters Still At-Risk of Homelessness-Proposed State Budget Cuts for Shelters Would Shrink Safety Net: May 2

Housing Counseling Agencies Forced to Eliminate Jobs and Assist Fewer Homeowners in Foreclosure Due to Elimination of Federal Funding: April 27

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Understanding Residential Mobility for Housing Choice Voucher Families
in Illinois: April 7

49 Organizations Sign Letter to Oppose Current Year Spending Cuts to Federal Housing Programs: March 1

Housing Action Illinois Says Mortgage Loan Servicers Need To Be Held Accountable: November 16

NEW TRAINING & TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE RESOURCES

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2011 Training Schedule for Housing Counselors

2011 Training Schedule for Housing Developers

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