It has not yet been dubbed a polar vortex, but whether it is a “bomb cyclone”, “polar vortex”, or arctic air mass, one thing is certain, it is COLD! Despite the end of the scheduled holiday moratorium on eviction enforcement in Cook County, with temperatures expected to be below 15 through the weekend, the Sheriff is not evicting this week.
2018 Chicago Security Deposit Interest Rate Released
The more things change… The City of Chicago holds the interest rate steady for a fourth year at .01%. If any Chicago landlords governed by the CRLTO are still taking security deposits, this is the rate of interest that must be paid. Don’t forget to attach the security deposit interest rate disclosure to the rental … Read more
Rent control advocates employ new tactic
Push to erode landlord rights continues
The Chicago Sun-Times published a story today explaining that advocates in favor of rent control are going to make the issue a referendum on ballots in the March, 2018 primary elections. I’ve been reporting on this movement this year and this latest tactic is one more attempt by rent control advocates to reverse a state-wide ban on rent control.
Class Action Attorneys sue Property Manager under CRLTO
Failure to provide CRLTO Summary at issue
That silly little summary of the Chicago Residential Landlord Tenant Ordinance that needs to be attached to every lease governed by the CRLTO. It’s no big deal, right?
Wrong. Class action attorneys at JS Law have filed a case against Mac Property Management LLC that we will be watching closely. The case was brought in the chancery department of the Circuit Court of Cook County under case 2017CH13659. The suit alleges that the landlord failed to attach the CRTLO summary to a tenant’s lease and the leases of other tenants and seeks to certify a class.
2017 2018 Cook County Eviction Moratorium Announced
Baby, it’s (NOT) cold outside
for the 2018-2019 moratorium, click here
Well, it’s 61 degrees here in Chicago, but that doesn’t mean your eviction case won’t be delayed at least a tiny bit this holiday season. On November 21, 2017, Judge E. Kenneth Wright, Presiding Judge of the First Municipal District of the Circuit Court of Cook County issued General Order 2017-01 which sets the dates and terms for the 2017 moratorium on the enforcement of orders for possession in forcible entry and detainer eviction cases in Cook County. The text of the order is as follows:
The Landlord’s Right to Access in Chicago
Don’t Come Knockin’
The landlord of a Bolingbrook apartment complex is being sued by a tenant because the landlord’s manager allowed the police to enter the apartment to search it.
In Illinois, a lease gives a tenant who is not in default a right to maintain the possession of a rental property free from disturbance by the landlord. Additionally, Illinois law provides the tenant in any lease with the implied right to a covenant of quiet enjoyment. The covenant prohibits landlords during the term of the lease from interfering with the tenant’s right to possession, privacy, and the use and quiet enjoyment of the rental property.
Billing for most Cook County evictions
Information on How We Charge for Evictions
As seasoned landlords know much too well, all Illinois evictions have two things in common. They are expensive and they take time. We do our best to keep our fees down and to move the process along as reasonably fast as the system will allow, but the realities of the inefficient system and the uncertainties of the other parties (ie. process servers, tenants, and judges) lead to landlords expending valuable time and money in an eviction.
Update: Rent Control Talk Continues
Back in March, I discussed the proposal by Chicago-based state legislator Will Guzzardi (39th District – D) to repeal the law prohibiting rent control in Illinois. That bill is currently in the rules committee and only recently, on August 29, 2017, added legislator Theresa Mah (2nd District – D) as another co-sponsor. Both Chicago Magazine … Read more
Alderman Propose Chicago Landlords Protect Immigrants
City makes landlords bear the brunt of “Sanctuary City” status It was reported in the Chicago Sun Times last week that Chicago would impose obligations on landlords to help illegal immigrants affected by the Trump executive order repealing DACA. Last Wednesday, Aldermen Mell and Ramirez-Rosa proposed an ordinance that “declares Chicago apartment buildings as sanctuary … Read more
Major amendments (not really) to the Forcible Entry and Detainer Act
Get ready for a change in terms.
Bye bye Forcible Entry and Detainer Act and hello Eviction Act. Public Act 100-0173 was passed into law and signed by the Governor on August 18, 2017 and will be effective on January 1, 2018. Is this law a sweeping change? Did we finally get some eviction law reform? Not at all.