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Affordable apartment buildings in Illinois
Illinois has 2,240 affordable apartment buildings in 433 cities and towns on Fair Shot Housing: 1,125 tax-credit buildings, 682 Section 8 buildings and 502 senior buildings. A building can be in more than one group.
These buildings do not post openings. Pick a city, then call or visit a building’s office and ask to join its own waitlist.
Cities with the most buildings
All 433 cities and towns in Illinois
- Abingdon1
- Addison3
- Albion2
- Aledo2
- Alorton1
- Alsip1
- Altamont1
- Alton16
- Anna2
- Antioch1
- Apple River1
- Arcola1
- Arlington Heights6
- Ashton1
- Assumption1
- Athens1
- Atlanta1
- Aurora18
- Bardolph1
- Barrington2
- Bartlett1
- Batavia4
- Beardstown8
- Belleville9
- Bellwood1
- Belvidere5
- Bensenville1
- Benton4
- Berwyn1
- Bethany1
- Bloomingdale1
- Bloomington16
- Blue Island1
- Bluffs1
- Bolingbrook4
- Bourbonnais2
- Bowen1
- Bradley1
- Braidwood1
- Brooklyn2
- Buffalo1
- Bunker Hill1
- Bushnell2
- Byron2
- Cahokia Heights2
- Cairo5
- Calumet City4
- Cambria2
- Cambridge3
- Camp Point1
- Canton8
- Carbon Cliff2
- Carbondale10
- Carlinville2
- Carmi2
- Carol Stream4
- Carpentersville2
- Carrier Mills1
- Carrollton1
- Carterville1
- Carthage2
- Cary2
- Caseyville2
- Cave In Rock1
- Centralia6
- Centreville3
- Champaign8
- Charleston5
- Chatham1
- Chatsworth1
- Chester3
- Chicago852
- Chicago Heights7
- Chicago Ridge1
- Chillicothe2
- Christopher1
- Cicero2
- Cissna Park2
- Clare1
- Clay City1
- Clayton2
- Clinton3
- Colchester1
- Collinsville4
- Colona1
- Columbia1
- Cortland1
- Cottage Hills2
- Countryside1
- Cowden1
- Crest Hill2
- Crestwood1
- Crete4
- Crystal Lake4
- Dallas City1
- Danvers1
- Danville16
- Darien1
- Decatur28
- Deerfield1
- Dekalb11
- Des Plaines1
- Dix1
- Dixon11
- Dolton1
- Downers Grove4
- Du Quoin4
- Durand2
- Dwight2
- E St Louis4
- East Alton1
- East Dundee2
- East Moline9
- East Peoria2
- East Saint Louis18
- East St Louis4
- Edwardsville1
- Effingham7
- El Paso1
- Elburn1
- Eldorado2
- Elgin17
- Elk Grove Village1
- Elmhurst1
- Elmwood Park1
- Equality1
- Eureka1
- Evanston8
- Fairbury1
- Fairfield3
- Farina2
- Farmington1
- Flora3
- Ford Heights1
- Forest Park1
- Fox Lake2
- Frankfort1
- Franklin Grove1
- Freeport10
- Fulton1
- Galatia1
- Galena3
- Galesburg14
- Galva2
- Genoa1
- Georgetown1
- Gibson City5
- Gilman1
- Glasford2
- Glen Ellyn1
- Glendale Heights1
- Glenview2
- Godfrey2
- Golconda1
- Goreville2
- Grafton1
- Granite City11
- Grayslake2
- Green Oaks1
- Greenfield2
- Greenup1
- Greenville3
- Gridley1
- Griggsville1
- Gurnee9
- Hammond2
- Hanna City1
- Hanover Park1
- Hardin2
- Harrisburg3
- Harvard2
- Harvey5
- Havana4
- Henry2
- Herrin4
- Highland4
- Highland Park3
- Hillsboro5
- Hines1
- Hoffman Estates2
- Homewood1
- Hoopeston2
- Hopkins Park1
- Hume1
- Huntley3
- Irving1
- Island Lake2
- Jacksonville11
- Jerseyville6
- Johnsburg1
- Johnston City1
- Joliet21
- Jonesboro1
- Justice1
- Kane1
- Kankakee14
- Kewanee6
- La Grange1
- La Harpe2
- La Moille1
- La Salle3
- Lagrange1
- Lake Bluff1
- Lake Villa2
- Lake Zurich2
- Lanark1
- Lansing3
- Lawrenceville2
- Le Roy1
- Lebanon2
- Lena1
- Lewistown2
- Lexington1
- Libertyville2
- Lincoln6
- Lisle1
- Litchfield8
- Lockport2
- Lombard2
- Louisville2
- Loves Park4
- Lynwood1
- Lyons2
- Mackinaw1
- Macomb9
- Madison8
- Mahomet1
- Manteno2
- Marion6
- Marissa1
- Maroa1
- Marshall4
- Martinsville2
- Maryville1
- Mason City2
- Matherville1
- Matteson3
- Mattoon6
- Maywood7
- Mazon1
- Mc Leansboro4
- McHenry5
- Melrose Park1
- Mendota3
- Metamora1
- Metropolis3
- Midlothian1
- Milan4
- Milledgeville1
- Minonk1
- Moline15
- Momence1
- Monmouth5
- Morris4
- Morrison1
- Morton1
- Morton Grove3
- Mound City2
- Mount Carmel3
- Mount Carroll1
- Mount Morris1
- Mount Prospect3
- Mount Sterling5
- Mount Vernon7
- Moweaqua1
- Mt Carroll1
- Mt Morris1
- Mt Prospect2
- Mt Sterling1
- Mulberry Grove1
- Mundelein3
- Murphysboro2
- Naperville6
- Nashville1
- New Berlin1
- New Boston1
- New Lenox1
- Newton2
- Niles2
- Normal7
- Norris City1
- North Aurora1
- North Chicago5
- Northbrook1
- Northlake1
- O Fallon5
- Oak Brook4
- Oak Park5
- Oblong1
- Oglesby1
- Ohio2
- Okawville1
- Olney5
- Omaha1
- Oquawka1
- Oregon2
- Orland Hills1
- Orland Park2
- Ottawa6
- Palatine7
- Palos Park1
- Pana5
- Paris5
- Park City1
- Park Forest1
- Patoka2
- Paw Paw1
- Pawnee1
- Paxton1
- Payson1
- Pecatonica3
- Pekin12
- Peoria50
- Perry1
- Peru3
- Petersburg4
- Phoenix1
- Pinckneyville3
- Pittsfield3
- Plainfield1
- Plano2
- Pontiac4
- Port Byron1
- Princeton3
- Prophetstown1
- Quincy13
- Rantoul2
- Richton Park1
- Ridgway1
- Riverdale3
- Riverton1
- Robbins5
- Robinson3
- Rochelle3
- Rochester1
- Rock Falls7
- Rock Island15
- Rockford48
- Rockton2
- Rolling Meadows2
- Romeoville2
- Roselle1
- Round Lake1
- Round Lake Beach2
- Royal Lakes1
- Royalton1
- Rushville1
- Saint Joseph1
- Salem5
- Sandwich1
- Savanna1
- Savoy1
- Schaumburg3
- Shabbona1
- Shelbyville4
- Shiloh1
- Shipman1
- Shorewood3
- Silvis3
- Skokie5
- South Beloit2
- South Elgin3
- South Jacksonville2
- South Roxana1
- Sparta1
- Spring Valley2
- Springfield35
- St Charles3
- St Peter1
- Staunton2
- Ste Marie1
- Steger1
- Sterling6
- Stockton1
- Streator7
- Sublette1
- Sugar Grove1
- Sullivan2
- Summit2
- Sumner1
- Sun River Terrace1
- Sycamore2
- Tampico1
- Taylorville9
- Taylorville Pana Stoningt1
- Thompsonville1
- Thomson2
- Tinley Park1
- Toledo2
- Toulon2
- Troy1
- Tuscola2
- University Park1
- Urbana11
- Valmeyer1
- Vandalia3
- Venice4
- Vernon Hills3
- Vienna1
- Villa Grove1
- Viola1
- Virden1
- Virginia1
- Walnut1
- Warren1
- Warrenville1
- Washingtn Park2
- Washington4
- Wataga2
- Waterloo3
- Watseka2
- Wauconda1
- Waukegan19
- Waverly1
- Wenona1
- West Chicago3
- West Dundee2
- West Frankfort4
- Westmont1
- Wheaton2
- Wheeling3
- White Hall4
- Willowbrook1
- Wilmette2
- Wilmington4
- Winchester1
- Winnebago2
- Witt1
- Wood River3
- Woodlawn1
- Woodstock2
- Yorkville4
- Zion8
Looking for an opening right now?
The lists we use do not say whether a building’s waitlist is open. For homes taking applications now, see the open listings in Illinois or the area-wide waitlists in Illinois.