The number of homeless people in Illinois is rising, but the state’s spending on homeless prevention and other housing programs is headed in the other direction. Facing a tight budget year with ...

Several area residents, community leaders, and advocates spoke out against proposed federal budget cuts to housing programs ...

SNAP benefits are at risk of being cut following President Trump's "One Big Beautiful Big Bill Act," which includes billions ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Renters in Illinois who had a hard time paying for housing during the pandemic, can apply for a second round of help starting Monday. The Illinois Housing Development Authority will ...

Struggling to pay your rent? Need to get paid for rent you are owed? There’s a solution for those issues again after a two-month hiatus: Illinois’ court-based rental assistance program reopened July ...

The Trump administration is proposing a $27 billion reduction in federal programs that provide rental assistance to low-income individuals. The proposed 43% cut in these programs is creating enough ...

There’s a solution for those issues again after a two-month hiatus: Illinois’ court-based rental assistance program reopened July 31. The state rental assistance program was previously funded by ...