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WBGZ Radio 3/16/2021 |
By Kevin Bessler - Illinois Radio Network
As more people get vaccinated and more businesses are able to open up, many Illinois families are still struggling to pay their rents and their mortgages until they can get back to work.
Rodrigo Carrillo, director of strategic initiatives for the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA), says helping people stay in their homes until they can get back on their feet is Illinois’ goal.
The IHDA aims to distribute over $500 million in rental and mortgage assistance for 2021.
The housing crisis of 2008 taught us that it is cheaper and more cost-effective to keep people in their homes, Carrillo told Illinois Radio Network.
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Lawmakers from both parties told officials from Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration on Thursday, March 11 that the General Assembly should have some say in how the state spends the $7.5 billion in federal funds that Illinois expects to receive from the newly-enacted American Rescue Plan.
Those comments came during a virtual hearing of the House Revenue and Finance Committee that took place just hours after President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill into law.
“I think the legislature would like a say in appropriating money, given our role,” Rep. Michael Zalewski, D-Riverside, said to the director of the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget, Alexis Sturm. “So my hope is that you could convey that to the governor’s office and we can develop a framework to work together on that.”
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