Pritzker Extends IL Eviction Ban Another 30 Days Due To Pandemic

ILLINOIS — Landlords will be barred from evicting their tenants until at least mid-October after Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Wednesday he is extending Illinois’ eviction moratorium for another 30 days.

Pritzker’s prior extension was set to expire Tuesday. The state’s moratorium now runs through Oct. 22.

“Here in Illinois, we will use every legal tool at our disposal to keep people safe and healthy, and employed and housed,” Pritzker said Wednesday.

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Despite the eviction moratorium, more than 3,300 eviction cases were filed in Cook County between March and August, according to a report by the Chicago Tribune. The cases cannot be processed while the moratorium is in place, but landlords are already trying to start the eviction process, the report states.

A study by Apartment List shows one-third of Americans failed to pay their rent in full during the first week of September, with many still paying off rent owed from prior months.

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Bob Palmer, policy director for Housing Action Illinois, told the Tribune that more than 500,000 renter households could face eviction due to the coronavirus pandemic’s economic implications.

During August, the Illinois Housing and Development Authority received more than 100,000 applications from tenants and homeowners seeking grants to help cover housing debts brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.

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However, Pritzker said the state can only fund grants for about 40,000 people, despite Illinois’ mortgage and rent programs being the largest of their type in the U.S.

The governor also said he has ordered all state departments to plan to cut their operating budgets by 5 percent for the 2021 fiscal year, and by 10 percent in the 2022 fiscal year.

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Pritzker warned “counties and cities across America are facing massive service cuts” that could lead to large layoffs and a drop in the level of services for residents.

“That will deepen our economic recession and cause pain for all Americans,” Pritzker said, adding he and other officials will continue to put pressure on federal leaders to provide more assistance to states amid the pandemic.

“The need here in Illinois and across the nation is tremendous,” Pritzker said.