Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker is advocating for increased funding to combat homelessness and address racial disparities in the state. A new action plan is being announced to tackle the issue, with a focus on the significant gap between Black and White residents in experiencing homelessness. Pritzker seeks an additional $50 million in the next year's budget to support efforts in fighting homelessness, including rental assistance, legal aid, and new programs. The push for increased funding follows a report revealing that Black Illinoisans are eight times more likely to be homeless than White residents, double the national average.
Black Illinoisans are nearly 8x more likely to face homelessness than white residents. My budget proposal will allocate $50 million to combat homelessness with money for rent and legal help and funds to specifically address this problem. https://t.co/kXzW2R3Rqp
Gov. JB Pritzker’s office pushed to expand coverage of high-priced weight-loss drugs like #Ozempic for state government’s workforce, a quiet maneuver that could cost #Illinois taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars starting this summer. https://t.co/9B0aySsNwt
Gov. Pritzker joins advocates to uplift Healthcare Protection Act https://t.co/0iuY6L9Iub
Gov. J.B. Pritzker is making the case for his proposal to increase funding to address racial disparities in homelessness in next year’s budget by $50 million, which would go toward additional rental assistance, legal aid and new programs. https://t.co/6wMdGHzBpD
Gov. J.B. Pritzker is pushing for an increase in funding to fight homelessness after the release of a report that found that Black people are about eight times as likely as white people to experience homelessness in Illinois. https://t.co/qrWK6BKKQD
Gov. J.B. Pritzker pushes increased funding to fight racial disparities in homelessness https://t.co/wWMUDRVFLI
Gov. J.B. Pritzker pushes increased funding to fight homelessness, @byoliviastevens reports. https://t.co/VFmDNEqBoF
Black Illinoisans are nearly 8x more likely to be homeless than white residents - double the national avg. It’s time we change that. Today, we’re releasing one of the first ever statewide reports with @irrppuic on Black homelessness to close the gap and address the disparity. https://t.co/Q3nxi5RONN
Pritzker, UIC discuss report focused on Black homelessness in Illinois https://t.co/ko0meEeh0K
Gov. JB Pritzker seeking an extra $50 million next year to fight homelessness in Illinois https://t.co/Gjgadq5ygk https://t.co/xdEsh5vILC
Illinois plans to increase funding to fight homelessness and the racial disparities that cause it after a new report found Black Illinoisans are eight times more likely to be unhoused than White residents. https://t.co/FkolTXit7r
Gov. Pritzker joins Illinois Office to Prevent and End Homelessness to announce new action plan https://t.co/qZ9SQBfF4D