Illinois Housing Advocates Promote Online Tool For Tenants, Landlords
About 1.7 million Illinoisans are at risk of eviction when the federal moratorium on evictions and foreclosures ends March 31. Housing advocates are stepping in with solutions.
By Bianca Martin
Illinois Housing Advocates Promote Online Tool For Tenants, Landlords
About 1.7 million Illinoisans are at risk of eviction when the federal moratorium on evictions and foreclosures ends March 31. Housing advocates are stepping in with solutions.
By Bianca MartinA collaborative of Illinois legal housing advocates pooled their resources together to create a free online tool called COVID H.E.L.P to provide free legal services for residents — both tenants and landlords — in need during the COVID-19 crisis.
Reset checks in with two of the tool’s collaborators and a spokesperson for small landlords to hear about the needs and resources available.
GUESTS: Pat Wrona, director of legal services at CARPLS Legal Aid
Paul Arena, director of legislative affairs at Illinois Rental Property Owners Association
Conor Malloy, Rentervention project director at Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing