The codifies an executive order establishing the Illinois Interagency Task Force on Homelessness and the Community Advisory Council on Homelessness.
SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation Wednesday that seeks to effectively end homelessness in Illinois by marshaling the resources of multiple agencies into one effort.
"For those who don't know and who may be listening, it's a measurable metric of success that reduces homelessness to something that's brief and rare and nonrecurring," Pritzker said. by signing up you agree to our terms of service "We stand here in one of the few Black-led homeless services organizations in our state. And as we stand here, we know that this housing crisis before us is rooted in housing injustice, is rooted in segregation, is rooted in racism," she said.
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