SAFE Act amendment passes the Illinois legislature!

The SAFE Act amendment (HB 5542) passed the Illinois legislature unanimously on November 14th and was sent to Governor Rauner for his signature. Here is the support letter sent by your Habitat Illinois State Support Organization to the Governor. VIEW LETTER TO...

Home is the Key Illinois Affiliate Campaign Launched

​Habitat for Humanity of Illinois (SSO) launched a media campaign this week to support it’s Illinois affiliates in specific markets. The campaign with iHeart launched on Monday, April 16th and will run through May 13th (4 weeks). The 30 second audio spots​​...

HFH invited to attend Press Conference with Gov. Quinn

Governor Quinn was in town and Lea Anne Schmidgall, Executive Director of HFH of Greater Peoria was invited to attend the press conference to represent Habitat for Humanity. Included is a photo with the Director of the Illinois Department of Housing and his assistant....

Habitat Achieves No. 6 on the ‘Builder 100’ list

Habitat for Humanity achieves No. 6 on the ‘Builder 100’ list Due to the combined building efforts of U.S. affiliates, volunteers and donors, Habitat for Humanity International ranks as the sixth largest homebuilder in the United States, with 6,032 closings in 2010,...