This holiday season, we are hoping to support nearly 300 client households with food, gifts, and clothing. You can help us achieve our goal by sponsoring a family! Choose to donate specific items from...
The Village of Oak Park, acting as the fiscal agent for Housing Forward, has been awarded a $2 million grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for our work to update...
We are heartbroken by the senseless violence that took place on Monday near the Forest Park Blue Line station, and we extend our condolences to the loved ones of those who were killed. This tragedy is...
“The right to vote is the basic right without which all others are meaningless. It gives people, people as individuals, control over their own destinies.” -Lyndon B. Johnson Election Day is coming up...
In the winter of 2017, Chad was discharged from the hospital after being treated for congestive heart failure and he found himself with nowhere to go. His doctor recommended reaching out to Housing...
2023 was marked by extraordinary strides in advancing our mission to serve individuals and families experiencing housing instability. We’ve invested in lasting solutions to homelessness by...
We are angered and disappointed by today’s Supreme Court decision in City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson, which allows cities to arrest and ticket people experiencing homelessness for sleeping...
Housing Forward, a nonprofit working to end homelessness, is proud to announce the opening of our new Permanent Supportive Housing development, Broadview Legacy Apartments. This residential building...
If I’ve learned anything over my past 25 years leading Housing Forward, it’s that working to end homelessness requires community buy-in, adaptability, and intentionality. As we’ve evolved as an...
Housing Forward, which works to end homelessness, and Sarah’s Inn, a comprehensive domestic violence agency, are coming together to form Safe Bridge Housing, a housing program designed for families...
On February 6, the Village of Oak Park Board voted to award Housing Forward funding totaling $1 million which will be used to update and improve the former Write Inn hotel, located at 211 N. Oak Park...
The Village of Oak Park is leading an effort to provide shelter for dozens of asylum-seeking migrants who were brought to Oak Park from Chicago’s west side when temperatures fell below freezing on...
