Help Show Lawmakers What’s Really Happening Inside Our Homes
What’s happening inside homes across Illinois isn’t being fully seen, but you can help. Share your story with us!
Families are dealing with unsafe conditions every day:
- Roofs that leak every time it rains
- Heating systems that fail in the middle of winter
- Electrical and plumbing issues that go unfixed for months or years
- Repairs that cost more than people can realistically afford
These aren’t isolated problems. They’re widespread. And too often, they stay hidden.
That’s why we launched the Share Your Story feature.
It gives Illinois residents a way to speak up about home repair challenges and helps make the case for real investment through the Fix Our Homes Illinois campaign.
Why Sharing Your Story Matters
If you’ve ever struggled to fix something in your home, you already know the impact. It affects your safety, your finances, and your day-to-day life.
But for policymakers, those experiences aren’t always visible.
That’s where your story comes in.
Real stories:
- Show the human impact behind Illinois’ home repair crisis
- Help lawmakers understand what underinvestment actually looks like
- Build pressure for funding that supports safe, stable housing
Data tells part of the story.
People’s experiences make it impossible to ignore.
What Is the Fix Our Homes Illinois Campaign?
Fix Our Homes Illinois is working to expand access to funding for critical home repairs across the state.
The goal is simple:
Help Illinois residents stay safe in their homes.
That means addressing:
- Deferred maintenance that has built up over time
- Health and safety risks like mold, broken heat, or structural damage
- The growing gap between repair costs and what households can afford
To win that funding, we need to show the scale and urgency of the problem.
That starts with real stories from real people.
What Kind of Home Repair Stories Can You Share?
You don’t need a perfect or dramatic story. If you’ve experienced housing repair issues in Illinois, it counts.
You can share if you’ve dealt with:
- Repairs you had to delay because of cost
- Unsafe or unhealthy living conditions
- Ongoing maintenance issues that never get resolved
- Difficult choices between paying for repairs and covering other essentials
- Barriers to getting help or accessing repair programs
Short or long. Detailed or simple. All of it helps.
You also have the option to share your story anonymously.
How Your Story Will Be Used
When you submit your story through the website, it becomes part of a larger effort to drive change.
Stories are used to:
- Show Illinois legislators the real conditions people are living in
- Strengthen the case for home repair funding and policy solutions
- Build a clearer, public picture of the need across the state
This isn’t just storytelling. It’s advocacy grounded in lived experience.
Share Your Story Today
If you’ve faced home repair challenges in Illinois, your experience matters.
Your story could help:
- Highlight urgent repair needs
- Influence funding decisions
- Support safer homes for communities across the state
Go to the Share Your Story page and submit your experience today.
You don’t need perfect wording.
You just need to tell the truth.
Help Fix Homes Across Illinois
The home repair crisis in Illinois won’t fix itself.
But when enough people speak up, it becomes harder for decision-makers to ignore what’s happening.
Your story is part of that momentum.
And it can help move real solutions forward.