Housing banishment laws turn stable housing into a crime.

Under our sweeping housing banishment laws, stable homes often suddenly become "illegal" causing people to become homeless. Once homeless, people must "re-register" weekly. Most weekly registrants have received felonies for a technical violation. These laws derail people decades after they have served their time.

Take the action below to help abolish these senseless laws.

Ask your legislators to support  SB2254 / HB3625 to let people live in the housing they have available and end the senseless weekly registration requirement. For more on the crisis caused by housing banishment laws, see this article in Bolts or this article from WBEZ.

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• Fill out this form to tell elected officials to vote YES. It takes 2 min.
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• If you are homeless, use the address on your state ID or your mailing address. That is your voting district.
• If you don't use email, call Chicago 400 Alliance at 220-244-4002 / 220-CHI-400A or text "G3" to (276) 400-0035. We can help you send the action.

Public conviction registries force people into relentless police contact.

Illinois has 6 public conviction registries and alarming rates of people impacted: 1 in 145 men is listed on a public conviction registry—and 1 in 42 Black men. These laws push people with past convictions into homelessness, police stations, and prison. We are asking Illinois lawmakers to let people succeed.