rental assistance

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.

A few days after the national eviction ban expired, the CDC has issued a new protection for renters. This time, the rules are a little more complicated.

With the federal eviction moratorium extended through July, the focus has turned to getting rental assistance out to millions of tenants.

With the federal eviction moratorium extended through July, the focus has turned to getting rental assistance out to millions of tenants.

A rental crisis spurred by the pandemic prompted many states to make bold promises to help renters, but most failed to deliver on them after Congress passed the sweeping CARES Act in March 2020

The Biden administration is allocating $21.6 billion to provide emergency rental assistance to help prevent evictions of people who lost jobs during the pandemic

An estimated 8.8 million Americans are behind on their rent, according the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau