homelessness

Dream Center Peoria is exploring the possibility of pursuing a “tiny homes” development as a way to help the city address a growing unsheltered population.

The northern Illinois city is of similar size to Peoria, where conversations about the unhoused have become supercharged in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's Grants Pass decision last year.

The Children's Home Association of Illinois is seeking city approval to construct two transitional living homes for young adults on its Knoxville Avenue campus.

The city council on Monday approved a 30 miles per hour speed limit on Freedom Parkway from McClugage Road east 1,200 feet, and a 40 mph speed limit from that point to North Cummings Lane.

Phoenix Community Development Services built the 16-unit building at 205 NE Madison Ave. for young adults experiencing homelessness, at risk of homelessness or who have a disabling behavioral health condition.

Phoenix Community Development Services hosted a topping-off ceremony Thursday for the four-story Madison III Apartments at 206 NE Madison Ave. The development will feature 16 permanent supportive housing units.

Home for All Continuum of Care, a part of the Heart of Illinois United Way, is preparing for temperatures to drop and the need for warmth and shelter to rise.

After the COVID-19 eviction moratorium ended last year, cases of homelessness went up in Peoria. With summer weather now hitting Illinois, homelessness cases are predicted to keep rising. The Dream Center in Peoria is a faith-based nonprofit that sees the home insecurity issues caused by poverty and is supporting families facing housing insecurity.

When a person is struggling to meet basic housing and nutritional needs, a visit to the doctor's office likely isn't the first thing on their minds.

Housing insecurity is on the rise in the Peoria area. The end of the COVID-19 eviction moratorium may be to blame.