Housing Matters Conference 2026

Housing Matters Conference 2026 was held at I Hotel & Conference Center in Champaign, Illinois.

The organizer says the conference brings together as many as 350 housing professionals.

The published audience includes counselors, homeless service staff, public housing staff, and advocates.

It is most useful for Illinois housing counselors, homeless service staff, public housing employees and advocates, since the gathering draws up to 350 of them and breakout workshops were scheduled to cover policy advocacy, ending homelessness, counseling and development. The keynotes were billed as including Renee Willis of the National Low Income Housing Coalition and the authors of a book on segregation, which adds national policy perspective; professionals working outside Illinois would find the state focus less relevant.

Staff and advocates at housing and homeless-services conferences usually dress in business casual, with a blazer or cardigan for the keynote sessions in a hotel meeting space.