Section 8 Housing in Illinois

Waitlist status and voucher tenant resources across 1 metro in Illinois. Every fact source-cited.

Metros covered

PHAs across state

Waitlists open / lottery

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Statewide voucher rights

Can Illinois landlords legally refuse Section 8?

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Illinois HB 2064 (2023) bans SOI discrimination statewide.

Illinois Metros

Chicago, IL

pop. 9,262,825

1 of 5 PHAs accepting applicants

In the Chicago metro, the big Housing Choice Voucher waitlists are mostly closed. The Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) HCV waitlist is closed and last opened by lottery in 2014, though its Public Housing and Project-Based

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