rental assistance

A growing number of landlords are taking federal rental assistance to cover months of back rent but still moving to evict tenants.

The Treasury Department said it will begin redirecting more than $1 billion in untapped funds to “high performing” areas

The Treasury Department says several states and cities have exhausted their federal rental assistance in a sign that spending on a program aimed at averting evictions has picked up speed

The Biden administration is trying to prevent evictions from public housing for nonpayment of rent.

The court-based program is designed to reach people who have active eviction cases the first time that they appear in court, said Bob Glaves, executive director of the Chicago Bar Foundation, one of the legal aid partners for the program. City or county representatives in eviction court will inform tenants that they are eligible to apply for rental assistance and...

It’s been said before, but this time it is likely for real: An end to the ban on residential evictions, put in place across the state of Illinois due to the coronavirus pandemic, is near.

Illinois is considered a national leader when it comes to doling out rental assistance funds, but tenants and landlords say they have to get through a complicated application process first. NBC 5 Responds’ Lisa Parker reports.

Labor Day 2021 represents a perilous crossroads for millions of Americans

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.