70,000 Illinoisans seek emergency rental payments

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Illinois has received 70,000 applications from tenants and landlords for back rent payments because of COVID-19 hardships.

Rodrigo Carrillo, the director of Strategic Initiatives for the Illinois Housing Development Authority, says the department encouraged landlords to initiate applications on their tenants behalf during a three week period.

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