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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new Illinois rental assistance program for tenants and landlords with a pending eviction case has started taking applications and those who are eligible could receive thousands of dollars to help ...

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 ...