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Housing Program Expands

Inspiration Corporation provides housing locator services, rent subsidies, housing retention services and eviction prevention assistance to help homeless individuals and families find and maintain permanent housing. Currently, our Housing Program leases 47 apartments in Chicago’s Uptown, Lakeview and Woodlawn communities.

With funding from the City of Chicago, Inspiration Corporation has launched an initiative to house and assist an additional 160 households across Chicago. Through the Rental Housing Support Services Program, Inspiration Corporation will place individuals and families into affordable rental apartments. Residents’ landlords will receive rental subsidies through the Chicago Low-Income Housing Trust Fund, and a team of Housing Retention Specialists will provide supportive services to help residents successfully transition to stable housing and self-sufficiency.

“This initiative represents a major new investment in permanent supportive housing for Chicagoans with long tenure in the homeless services system, which is a core strategy of Chicago’s 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness,” notes John Pfeiffer, Inspiration Corporation’s Executive Director.

A Recipe for Hope

Karen Skalitzky, a long-time volunteer with Inspiration Corporation, has written a beautiful book, Recipe for Hope: Stories of Transformation by People Struggling with Homelessness, that shares the trials and triumphs of many of the men and women who have walked through the doors of Inspiration Cafe and Living Room Cafe.

To order your copy today, please contact Alex Ginsburg at aginsburg@inspirationcorp.org or 773/878-0981 ext. 221. Copies are available for $9.95 each, and a portion of each sale benefits Inspiration Corporation.