The Evanston City Council on Feb. 27 approved allotting $500,000 to a small to medium residential rental provider assistance fund to help landlords recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The landlord ...

Illinois’ new state-funded, court-based rental assistance program for tenants struggling to pay rent and their landlords opened Friday, according to the state. The new program follows a federally ...

His tenant had not paid rent for close to a year, and the landlord filed an eviction action based on nonpayment of rent. On the day of trial, with the help of housing court mediation, and the presence ...

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 ...

CHICAGO, Ill. (NBC) —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 ...

“It is better to get assistance than to get an eviction order” for both landlords and tenants, Gilbert said. Michael Zink, a real estate attorney who mostly represents small landlords, said he thinks ...