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These sites offer affordable housing options and are updated regularly.
Affordable Housing
AffordableHousing.com is a tool can help you find your local Public Housing Authority under the section called "Find a Housing Agency" and will share if they have an open housing waitlist, such as for public housing or housing that includes project-based vouchers so that the rent will be subsidized.
Project-based vouchers are rent subsidies in specific homes making that home subsidized. If you move into a home with a project-based voucher, your rent will be subsidized. If you move out of the home to another home, you do not get to take the voucher with you as it stays with the home.
Subsidized housing means that the rent will be 30% of the household's income. Typically, no income is required.
Find Help
The website https://www.findhelp.org invites users to select what type of help they are searching for in a specific zip code, including housing, and offers options in that area. Under housing, some of the options will be programs that can only accept referrals through the local Coordinated Entry System, and others will be open to anyone who calls and meets their criteria.
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Resource Locator
Click here for the HUD Resource Locator website
Click on "Find Affordable Housing Opportunities Near Me"
Enter the geographic location, such as Chicago, in the search bar
Click on the small square located in the top left corner of the site to reach Layers, and select any filters you would like to see included from the drop-down list
Illinois Housing Search
IlHousingSearch.org is a free, online resource for renters in Illinois. You can search for an affordable, accessible, and market-rate housing options to fit your needs and budget. Under "advanced" or "accessible" searches you will have additional options to share your needs. For additional assistance, call 1.877.428.8844 (toll free) Monday through Friday from 8am - 7pm Central Standard Time. Dial 7-1-1 for TTY.
Click on "Find Rentals" toward the top middle section of the website
Scroll down to the county in Illinois where you want to live and click on any city that interests you
You can then select Basic, Advanced, or Accessible as your search options. For example, if you need physically accessible housing, you should select Accessible as your search choice.
Complete the brief survey and click 'Search Properties' to see your options
To learn more about any of the options, click on the name of the property to view additional details.
If interested, contact the property manager for next steps, such as to apply or join a waiting list.
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