City of Chicago holds line on 2020 Security Deposit Interest Rate to no one’s surprise

The Comptroller of the City of Chicago has released the rate for leases entered into from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020 that are governed by the Chicago Residential Landlord and Tenant Ordinance.  For those rental agreements, the rate to comply with the requirements of Section 5-12-080 of the CRLTO

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City of Chicago releases CRLTO 2018 Interest Summary

For all leases governed by the Chicago Residential Landlord and Tenant Ordinance (RLTO), Section 5-12-170 requires that a landlord attach a summary of the ordinance and an interest rate summary to the lease.  The City of Chicago has finally released the summary that includes the 2018 security deposit interest rate.  The summary contains an English … Read more

At long last, the CRLTO Interest Rate Summary for 2015 is Available!

FINALLY! CITY ISSUES FORM. I guess landlords were getting good at making their own forms in January to reflect the new rate of interest on security deposits.  Luckily, the City of Chicago has finally released its interest rate summary required by Section 5-12-170 of the Chicago Residential Landlord and Tenant Ordinance (RLTO).  The summary (linked … Read more

Calculating security deposit interest payment on a one year lease per the CRLTO

calculating security deposit interestCalculating the interest due a tenant on a security deposit held by a landlord pursuant to a tenancy governed by the Chicago Residential Landlord Tenant Ordinance should be simple enough, right?  It should be, however, because of the “high stakes” involved in the case of an incorrect calculation, landlords need to make sure the calculation is done right.

So, without much further ado, here is an example of how to calculate the interest payable to a tenant with a security deposit on a one year lease subject to CRLTO section 5-12-080(c). 

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