Public Housing Eligibility

First, go to https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il2020/select_Geography.odn and click on "Click here for FY 2020 IL Documentation". Then, select your state AND your county and click "View County Calculations". Check which income delegation your family's income is in according to the HUD Income Limit Website.*
- Extremely Low
- Very Low
- Low
- None of the above.
Have you been continuously assisted under the public housing or Section 8 programs?*
Are you part of a non-purchasing households in the following homeownership programs: HOPE 1, HOPE 2,or other HUD-assisted multifamily home ownership programs covered under 24 CFR 284.173?*
Have you been displaced as a result of the prepayment of a mortgage or voluntary termination of a mortgage insurance contract?*
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Choose the citizenship status that most closely matches your family.*
- Every member of your applicant family is a U.S. citizen.
- Every member of your applicant family a non-U.S. citizen, claiming eligible immigration status.
- Some members of your applicant family are U.S. citizens or claiming eligible immigration status, while others are not.
- None of the above.

Have you or your family members been evicted from public housing or any Section 8 program for drug-related criminal activity?**
- Yes
- No

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Based on your responses, you ARE eligible for government subsidized public housing. Take our public housing rent quiz here to get an estimate of what your rent payment amount is. Remember this is an estimate of your eligibility. Reach out to your local PHA here for confirmation on this.
Based on your responses, you ARE NOT eligible for government subsidized public housing. Remember this is an estimate of your eligibility. Reach out to your local PHA here for confirmation on this.