Illinois’ new state-funded, court-based rental assistance program for tenants struggling to pay rent and their landlords opened Friday, according to the state. The new program follows a federally ...

Struggling to pay your rent? Need to get paid for rent you are owed? There’s a solution for those issues again after a two-month hiatus: Illinois’ court-based rental assistance program reopened July ...

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Illinois is scaling back its flagship rental assistance program, with funding for the next fiscal year cut by a third, just as eviction filings are rising and rent growth shows no signs of slowing.

William Dalton had never faced eviction until a series of bad events struck last year: His mom died, his relationship with the mother of his now 5-year-old daughter ended and his car was totaled. He ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- If you're a renter struggling in the coronavirus pandemic, you can still get help from the State of Illinois – but you'll need to hurry. Online applications for the current round of ...

Without any certainty about when Illinois' eviction moratorium will end, the state is rolling out a new rental assistance program for landlords and tenants in eviction court. "As the governor’s ...

Illinois residents will have another opportunity to apply for up to $25,000 in rent assistance beginning in November. Gov. JB Pritzker announced at a press conference Tuesday in Springfield that the ...

Any Illinois tenant can apply for the rental assistance program if they have a pending eviction due to nonpayment. Tenants must be currently in a court eviction proceeding and be able to provide their ...

There’s a solution for those issues again after a two-month hiatus: Illinois’ court-based rental assistance program reopened July 31. The state rental assistance program was previously funded by ...