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 ...

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 ...

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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.

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 ...

CHICAGO The Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) are thrilled ...

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 ...

Michelle Gilbert, legal and policy director at the Law Center for Better Housing — one of the legal aid groups that is a part of the eviction diversion program — had been routinely refreshing the ...