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A for lease sign is seen in Buffalo Grove, Ill., Thursday, April 2, 2020. The Chicago Housing Authority announced Wednesday that residents of CHA-owned buildings could delay their rent payments until the state’s stay-at-home order by coronavirus pandemic is listed. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Nam Y. Huh

Race, Class & Communities

Illinois Housing Advocates Promote Online Tool For Tenants, Landlords

By  Bianca Martin
   

A 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

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