SPRINGFIELD — As the cost of housing continues to rise, Illinois real estate agents are pushing legislation to make it easier for first-time homebuyers to save for a down payment. Senate Bill ...

Illinois must build 227,000 more housing units in the next five years if it is going to keep pace with demand, according to ...

(The Center Square) – Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed a new law empowering police to swiftly remove squatters from private property. A statehouse Republican says it reverses years of ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation on Thursday, July 29 that creates new financing programs and tax incentives for affordable housing in the state.

The biggest legislative package to come out of Illinois Realtors in at least seven years, the quintet of bills is intended to combat “a housing supply shortage that has reached the crisis level ...

In some Illinois cities, shoplifting, ... Illinois families evicted for minor offenses under 'crime-free housing' laws, investigation finds. By Ramona Meadors. Saturday, May 17, 2025.

The Illinois Housing Development Authority also told lawmakers how renters, homeowners, and landlords are feeling the financial impacts of COVID-19.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker is expected to sign new legislation designed to boost the availability of relatively low-cost housing—and with all sides cheering for it, who can blame him?

Housing Development Authority: $1 billion due to landlords The Illinois Housing Development Authority also told lawmakers how renters, homeowners, and landlords are feeling the financial impacts ...

The clauses, which are known as racial restrictive covenants, were outlawed under the Fair Housing Act in 1968, ... sponsored legislation to allow changes in the Illinois General Assembly. Gov.

House Bill 2775 and Senate Bill 180 were signed into law on Monday, expanding protections for Illinois residents with disabilities in state government and housing, the state wrote in a press ...

People looking to rent a place in Illinois and in Chicago, in particular, are getting some new protections and may soon get even more relief when it comes to landlords checking their criminal ...