The Illinois Association of Realtors is reporting that efforts to add Section 8 protection to the Cook County fair housing law seem to have stalled.
Notice of Intent Not to Renew under the CRLTO – when a 30 day notice becomes a 60 day notice
UPDATE: A new version of 5-12-130(j) has passed the City Council. This article is no longer timely. As Chicago landlord-tenant attorneys, one situation that we frequently run into is when a Chicago landlord is forced to serve a sixty (60) day notice to terminate tenancy instead of a thirty (30) day notice. This situation arises when the CRLTO applies and the tenant’s lease term has expired without the landlord serving a proper notice of intent not to renew. Many Chicago landlord’s incorrectly believe that once a lease term expires, that is the end of the tenancy. This is not so.
Believe it or not, landlords are people too
That may come as a shock to some tenants. My regular readers might be surprised to know that this blog, despite being landlord-centric, gets lots of attention from tenants. Despite the fact that our firm represents mostly landlords (we do represent some tenants in CRLTO cases by the way), there are plenty of tenants who come here for what I suspect they view as informative, interesting, and useful landlord-tenant information. Even more interesting than the fact that tenants regularly read this blog is the fact that about every six months or so, I get a totally ridiculous comment from a tenant. I usually spare my readers from seeing these, however, I want to share one I just recently received:
Landlords, it is now “heating season”!
September 15 marks “heating season” for landlords who are responsible to provide heat for their tenants. A number of municipalities have heating ordinances. Here is a small survey:
Update on Skokie multi family licensing ordinance
As I noted a few weeks ago, the Village of Skokie is proposing a new registration law related to multi family rentals. At their September 4, 2012 meeting, the Skokie village board made amendments to the proposed ordinance for multi-family licensing and tabled the matter until the October 15, 2012 meeting. This Skokie Review news … Read more
Rent protection insurance comes to Illinois
Beginning at the start of this year, insurance company Aon, through a subsidiary known as Affinity Insurance Services, Inc., has been offering an interesting product to landlords known as “Aon Rent Protect“. A representative of Aon Rent Protect who I spoke with indicated that this is an American version of a product that Aon has sold in Europe for many years. While I have not had a client who has had first hand experience with the policy, the suggested protections are intriguing.
Skokie considers rental registration law for multi-family buildings
See update
As of today (August 30, 2012), other than a “crime free lease” law, the Village of Skokie does not have many specific landlord tenant ordinances. That could change by next week. On September 4, 2012, the Village Board will vote on a proposed ordinance to require licenses for multi-unit rental buildings. Two public hearings have already been held regarding the proposed law and although the law has had its share of critics, the Village Pubic Safety Commission has endorsed the ordinance.
The Village indicates that “Licensing of multi-unit buildings is quite common in the Chicago metropolitan area.” Well, isn’t that swell? My mother always used to tewll me that two wrongs don’t make a right. I suspect that if all of Skokie’s friends jumped off of a cliff, Skokie would too.
Quick Update on Sheriff Timing
Recent anecdotal evidence seems to suggest that the Cook County Sheriff is running “about” five weeks to enforce an Order for Possession for a Chicago eviction. While we can’t guarantee that this is the time for all districts in Cook County, we like to report on “random” eviction placements now and then. Any eviction might … Read more
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Keep Chicago Renting Ordinance Text
We have obtained the text of the recently introduced “Keep Chicago Renting” Ordinance that would protect a tenant’s right to remain in a rental unit after a foreclosure. A number of aldermen and the Cook County Sheriff are in support of the proposed ordinance. The law would effectively turn foreclosing banks into landlords. The problems … Read more