* There are long waiting lists to access housing subsidies. There are currently 92,521 Housing Choice Vouchers approved for use in Illinois but another 52,969 households are on waiting lists for these vouchers.

* Subsidized rental units are at risk of conversion to market-rate housing. Since 2000, more than 10,000 units of subsidized affordable housing in Illinois have been lost to market-rate conversions. Another 330,000 subsidized units are at risk of being lost in the next few years.

* Illinois homeless service providers are forced to turn more and more people away. In fiscal year 2007, state-funded homeless shelters and transitional housing programs served 47,697, a 23 percent increase since fiscal year 2004. However, service providers were forced to turn away 31,676 people because of lack of space and other reasons, an 80 percent increase since 2004. This figure does not include Chicago.

* Fully accessible housing for people with disabilities is in short supply. Only about 7.5 percent, or 8,466 units, of Illinois' subsidized housing could be made fully accessible to people with disabilities.

* Many more people live in nursing homes and other institutions than necessary. Illinois is one of the 10 worst states for the delivery of home and community services to people with disabilities and older Americans.