No rental payments for 8 months. Denied EDIL assistance

[Jay B.]

Hello! I haven’t received payments for 8 months. I have an eviction in process however in Chicago evictions are stayed until December 31st. My tenant has not been paying since March and I got denied for EDIL assistance because my tenant paid in February and therefore I could only get assistance if the tenant stopped paying since then. Has anyone experienced this so far with EDIL? And what are some successful financial assistance programs that you’ve tried if you are in a similar scenario?

[Mark Ainley]

@Jay B. Nice to meet you and Jomar is great.  I will confirm with our operations director but the only notification we have got so far on approval has been directed to the tenant.  For us to date, all grants are awarded to tenants direct and Landlords find out through their tenants sharing this info or when the money hits the Landlords account.