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Breaking News: Covid-19 Guidance on Landlord’s Right of Access

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Coronavirus affects Illinois lease showings

UPDATE: Phase 3 Guidance is now in place.  The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity just released April 1, 2020 FAQ guidance with respect to essential services.  Real Estate has been defined as an essential service under the Governor’s stay in place order.  The Department issued guidance (this link has been updated after the State moved the file location) to clarify a number of questions the public has had.  One item addressed in the FAQ provides instruction from the State on real estate showings – an important issue for landlords looking to turn over their units.

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The Landlord’s Right to Access in Chicago

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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.

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