Housing Resources for Seniors: Illinois
Homeownership Assistance Foreclosure Home Repairs Utility Bills Predatory Lending Legal Assistance
Homeownership Assistance Foreclosure Home Repairs Utility Bills Predatory Lending Legal Assistance
- Contact a housing counseling agency
- HUD sponsors housing counselors that can provide free or low-cost advice for wherever you are in the housing process.
- They can offer independent advice on buying a home, renting, defaults, forbearances, foreclosures, credit issues, reverse mortgages, and other issues.
- Search online for a HUD-approved housing counseling agency by zip code here or call HUD's interactive voice system at (800) 569-4287.
- Financing Home Improvements
- Housing and Services Resource Center - If you need housing assistance or are looking for services that help people with disabilities or older adults with everyday activities, these programs and resources may be able to help.
- Illinois Department on Aging or call the Senior HelpLine at (800) 252-8966 or (888) 206-1327 (TTY)
- Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs
- HUD Resource Locator – Search for affordable elderly and special needs housing by your address or Zip Code
Other Illinois Resources
- Avoid Predatory Lending
- Illinois Attorney General – Advocating for Older Citizens
More From HUD
Links
- Eldercare Locator
- AARP - Family Caregiving
- Comprehensive resources for seniors
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Aging
- Social Security Administration
- Medicare
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau – Reverse Mortgages
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau – Planning for retirement
- Need Housing Assistance? - HUD Exchange