More than 57,000 households have now received assistance through the Illinois Rental Payment Program (ILRPP).
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WREX) —Governor JB Pritzker announced that $505 million of the initial tranche of Illinois� 2021 emergency rental assistance from the federal government has been distributed.
More than 57,000 households have now received assistance through the Illinois Rental Payment Program (ILRPP).
With Illinois� initial 2021 allocation of rental relief funds fully paid out, IHDA will open a new round of assistance funded by a separate federal bill on Monday, November 8, 2021.
According to the latest report from the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Illinois is a national leader in providing critical emergency rental assistance to vulnerable households.
Illinois leads all other states in disbursing this initial emergency rental assistance with 84 percent of all funds allocated to the State as well as directly to other municipalities, and now in the hands of eligible renters and landlords as they regain their financial footing.
This compares to the national rate of just 23 percent of federal dollars making it into the hands of renters and landlords in September. The deadline for states to disburse 65 percent of the money they received under the first batch of funding was September 30.
“I’m proud that Illinois has given out more of our rental assistance to help vulnerable renters and their landlords than any other state. We are first in the nation at putting those dollars to work to support our state’s residents,”Governor JB Pritzker said.“In purely dollars and cents: We’ve now delivered over half a billion dollars in rent to landlords on behalf of struggling tenants in communities across this state. If your workplace closes or you need to stay home to care family, the last thing you should have to worry about is keeping a roof over your head. While the need is still great, I’m proud that we’re continuing to do more than any other state in the nation to keep people in their homes.�
ILRPP builds on the state’s comprehensive rental assistance programs launched by the Pritzker administration in 2020.
The current statewide program provides up to $25,000 in emergency rental assistance to cover up to 15 months of past due rent and up to three months of future rent payments for tenants suffering a financial hardship related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Grant payments were made directly to the landlord on behalf of the tenant as long as the landlord agreed to forgo an eviction.
