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" 95 million Americans struggle to pay their rent or mortgage"
At Active Rain, we have a concern about the above statement, and are doing something about it!  It all started when Jeff Turner posed a question to the Active Rain members after making us aware of the Growing Poverty Gap which he blogged about.  He felt we could do something collectively, as a professional online community. Jeff solicited ideas that generated responses after writing a blog called "Harnessing the Power of Active Rain". 
His "Idea Came To Life"!  RainforChange is now alive and well! We DO care as professionals!
The relevant article below is another source to be posted to the site:
Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich recently announced a reform of the state's housing policy, that will for the first time allow a comprehensive coordination of efforts to better distribute more than $600 million in annual state spending that will benefit over 115,000 people in Illinois.
There are thousands receiving state housing assistance, however there was no plan before this one that assured  the "neediest" were receiving these benefits. 
Gov. Blagojevich praised the Task Force on Affordable Housing for completing its work of drafting a comprehensive housing initiative with the goal of better addressing the state's growing affordable housing needs. The ... more

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