Illinois Passes New Tenant Protections for Renters

The act adds to existing legislation enforcing quality housing standards, such as the “Residential Tenants' Right to Repair Act,” which ...

Illinois Landlord Tenant Law Changes 2024 - O'Flaherty Law

Illinois has made changes to rent payment and landlord tenant laws in 2024 to increase flexibility, transparency and tenant protections.

New Illinois law will prevent landlords from retaliating against their ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill into law Friday to prohibit landlords from retaliating against their tenants.

Gov. JB Pritzker Signs Law to Protect Tenants from Retaliation

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill into law Friday to prohibit landlords from retaliating against their tenants. The new legislation, known as ...

States Introduce Multiple Tenant Protections Bills This Legislative ...

Colorado passed protections for tenants through “Senate Bill 24-094,” while Georgia led a historic campaign to enact “House Bill 404,” a ...

Illinois Rent Control Laws in 2024 - Hemlane

The Tenant Protection Act is still making its way through the Illinois legislature. If passed, it would overturn the Rent Control Preemption Act ...

New IL law widens tenant-landlord divide - Public News Service

A controversial Illinois law signed earlier this month has pushed landlords and tenants even further apart. Gov. JB Pritzker signed the ...

Illinois Becomes Second State to Enact Immigrant Tenant Protection ...

Under the new law, landlords are prohibited from evicting or retaliating against a tenant based on their citizenship or immigration status. Landlords are also ...

Illinois Landlord Tenant Rental Laws & Rights for 2024 - DoorLoop

The Fair Housing Act and the Illinois Human Rights Act protect tenants from any kind of discrimination against them based on their race, ...

Illinois Rent Control Laws: 2024 Landlord/Tenant Guide - TurboTenant

Landlord Rights and Responsibilities ... Since there's no rent control in Illinois, you have the right as a landlord to increase rent as often as ...

Know Your Rights: Fair Notice Ordinance - City of Chicago

The Fair Notice Ordinance was approved by the Chicago City Council in July 2020 and creates new rights and responsibilities for tenants and landlords.

'Just cause' backer: New state law not enough - Evanston Now

A separate state law prohibits rent control in Illinois, so neither the state landlord retaliation act nor Evanston's “just cause” proposal ...

Residential Tenant Landlord Ordinance - Cook County

The Cook County RTLO provides renters' rights and landlord protections to Cook County suburban residents.

New Illinois Laws for 2024 Affecting Real Estate | HUB - K&L Gates

Section 4 of the Illinois Landlord and Tenant Act1 is amended to prohibit Illinois landlords from requiring tenants to pay rent via electronic ...

Illinois General Assembly Spring Session

The bill bars landlords from terminating a tenancy, refusing to renew a lease, increasing rent or other actions if a tenant has complained of ...

Bill Status for HB5390 - Illinois General Assembly

Creates the Tenant Protection Act. Provides that a landlord may increase the rent no more than once every 12 months, by an amount no greater than the percentage ...

Source of Income Discrimination - Illinois Department of Human Rights

The Illinois Human Rights Act protects both new applicants and existing tenants. ... Are housing providers required to lower the rent to allow a subsidized tenant ...

Rights for renters in suburban Cook County as of June 1st, 2021

A law was passed in Cook County in January, 2021. It gives renters new rights. It is called the Cook County Residential Tenant Landlord Ordinance (CCRTLO).

Update to Illinois Fair Housing Law Effective January 2023 - KSN Law

Effective January 1st, 2023, the Illinois Human Rights Act will add “source of income” as a protected class. Illinois landlords, property ...

Illinois property managers barred from retaliation | Multifamily Dive

Illinois's existing Retaliatory Eviction Act, passed in 1963, only forbade landlords from evicting tenants in response to a complaint to a ...