The Rental Housing Support Program (RHSP) was created by the State of Illinois in 2005 to provide rental assistance to households by subsidizing rental apartments and homes. CHP receives state funding to administer the program for citizens living in the city of Rock Island, Illinois. RHSP enables clients to pay only 30 percent of their income for rent, while giving the landlord the difference in the form of a subsidy. The difference between this subsidy and the traditional Section 8 or Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program is that this subsidy is based on the unit—it is project-based, not tenant-based. That means that when one client vacates the unit, another low-income client moving into the unit would receive the same benefits.
CHP partners with multiple landlords within the community, identifies eligible units for the program and conducts periodic outreach to low-income residents to fill vacancies as they become available.
Program participants must have a household income of 30 percent or less of the area median income (AMI) and will pay no more than 30 percent of their income towards rent.
I stayed in Rock Island over 3 years ago and one of their properties on 9th. The property name was Two Rivers Point. Anytime I ever had a maintenance issue it was addressed promptly. The staff was very very friendly. They were very involved with the residence at all of their properties as far as becoming self sufficient, and keeping the residents updated with upcoming events as far as anything in the community. There's a lot of resources in Rock Island Illinois itself and Rock Island Housing Authority staff.