City of Sterling issued the following announcement on May. 19.
The Illinois Housing Development Authority's statewide emergency rental assistance program is open for landlords. Please visit the application site at ilrpp.ihda.org.
ILRPP is an emergency rental assistance program designed to support households in Illinois that are unable to pay rent due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
-Housing providers/landlords may initiate a joint application starting Monday, May 17 through Monday, June 7.
-Tenants will have until Monday, June 14 to complete their portion of a landlord-initiated application.
-Tenants may initiate their own application starting Wednesday, June 9 through Monday, June 28.
-Landlords will have until Tuesday, July 6 to complete their portion of the tenant-initiated application.
Applicants are eligible for up to 15 months of assistance. The grant can cover the past due rent from the previous 12 months and future rental assistance for the next three months, if deemed necessary. The maximum grant amount is $25,000. The emergency rental assistance is provided by the Federal government and is free to tenant and housing provider. If approved, the grant will be paid to the housing provider in the form of a check.
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