I’m excited to have the opportunity to speak at the joint meeting of the Neighborhood Building Owners Alliance, the Community Investment Corporation, and the Northwest Side Building Coalition at their “Lunch & Learn” event on the Just Housing Ordinance on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM. More information can be found here.
Just Housing Amendment
County Releases Additional Information on Just Housing Amendment
Better than Nothing
Well, we had heard rumors that the County was going to release some additional guidance on the application of the Just Housing Amendment in practice. Earlier this week, they did just that. The materials do not clear up many of the questions plaguing those of us “on the ground” and some of the information in the materials is contrary to the actual verbiage in the rules (so landlords need to carefully evaluate these materials). We will try to discuss some of this in the coming days. In the meantime, here is a link to the Cook County Human Rights Commission’s
Cook County Just Housing Ordinance Goes Live 1/1/2020
Are you ready for this?
I have discussed, at length, on this page, the criminal background check rules contained in the Cook County Just Housing Amendment to the Cook County Human Rights Ordinance and why they are flawed and fairly ridiculous. Cook County has passed their final set of rules and they will go into effect at midnight on December 31, 2019. That means that landlords throughout Cook County need to be aware of and in compliance with these rules beginning then if they want to do a criminal background check.
Enforcement of Just Housing Ordinance Delayed
Cook County Delays JHO Rules As the January 1, 2020 deadline for implementation of the new law looms, the Cook County Human Rights Commission remains unprepared to handle the questions or to provide the resources necessary regarding the new rules adopted to enforce the Just Housing Amendment (JHO) to the Cook County Housing Ordinance. In … Read more
Cook County’s Just Housing Amendment is SCARY!!!!!
I posted yesterday about the new rules issued by the Cook County Board with respect to the well-intended but badly implemented Cook County Just Housing Amendment. Those rules are, in a word, nuts. It is apt to suggest that the inmates are truly running the asylum. Here’s why.