Legal aid community creates online assistant for Illinoisans needing help during pandemic
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, many have reached out to others for help. Even more people may need assistance when federal and state relief options end.
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, many have reached out to others for help. Even more people may need assistance when federal and state relief options end.
CARPLS Legal Aid, a free legal hotline based in Cook County, including projects statewide, has reached one million consultations provided to low- and moderate-income Illinoisans.
While an eviction ‘tsunami’ was widely forecast, emergency rental assistance dollars have played a pivotal role in calming the waters. Yet some tenants are facing obstacles when trying to apply for assistance to cover back-rent owed, obstacles coming from an unlikely source: their landlord, who they owe back-rent to.
Illinois has dispersed $750 million to help those who fell behind on rent during the coronavirus pandemic. Additional assistance on the way will bring funding to over $1 billion. Far less – so far $100 million – has gone to homeowners having trouble keeping up with their bills. And it may be months before homeowners …
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This week marks a pivotal moment in the pandemic for Illinois housing providers and their tenants: A nearly 18-month state of Illinois ban on evictions has come to an end.
As the Oct. 3, 2021 deadline approaches on the state of Illinois’ eviction moratorium, Kane County officials are encouraging tenants or landlords who need rental assistance to seek out a number of …
More than 100,000 Illinoisans told a recent U.S. Census survey that they fear eviction or having their homes foreclosed on in the next two months — a result likely from the COVID-19 pandemic’s wrath on the economy.
CREVE COUR, Ill. (WMBD) — Illinois residents have about 18 days to get a plan together if they haven’t been paying their rent. It’s been 12 months since Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker …