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Specially Adapted Housing Exemption
$100,000 off the assessed value of a home bought or adapted with grant assistance — but only where the total EAV is under $250,000.
Verified August 18, 2026
What this benefit is
$100,000 off the assessed value of a home bought or adapted with grant assistance — but only where the total EAV is under $250,000.
What it's worth: $100,000 off the assessed value
- The property’s total equalized assessed value must be under $250,000 to be eligible, so this is aimed at modest homes.
Who is entitled to it
- You served in the U.S. armed forces.
- You own or lease the home and occupy it as your primary residence.
- You received federal, state or charitable assistance to buy or adapt the home for your disability.
- Your home is in Illinois.
Not sure whether that describes you?
Answer a few questions about this benefit specifically — we only ask what this one actually depends on, and we stop as soon as we know.
How to claim it
Deadline: Renewal typically due October 1- 1Bring evidence of the grant or assistance used to buy or adapt the home.
- 2Check the total EAV first — above $250,000 this exemption is closed regardless of the adaptation.
- 3Ask the assessment office how it interacts with the Standard Homestead Exemption for Veterans with Disabilities, which you may hold at the same time.
- File with
- Your Chief County Assessment Officer
- Documents you will need
- va sah grant certificate · va benefit summary letter
- Re-file every year
- Entitlement is retested annually. Missing a year costs that year.
Worth knowingThe assistance does not have to be federal. Illinois names state and charitable-organisation assistance alongside the VA grant, which is broader than the equivalent provisions in other states.
Sources
- authority · statute35 ILCS 200/15-165
- operating · published policyIllinois Department of Revenue — Property Tax Relief for Veterans and Persons with Disabilities
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