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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 ...

Rufus Reed, 60, has owned rental properties in Chicago since 1998. Among his seven units on the South and West sides, he’s had to evict 15 to 20 tenants, never once being able to recoup the lost rent.

Illinois allocated $75 million in state funding to continue to provide rental assistance to renters and their landlords for fiscal year 2025, which began July 1. Unlike many other states and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Illinois has launched its new state-funded, court-based rental assistance program for tenants struggling to pay rent and their landlords, state officials confirmed. The new program, which opened ...