Chicago Apartment News and Advice

Beware, Chicago Airbnb, HomeAway, and VRBO tycoons, because the carefree days of operating an illegal Chicago vacation rental are over. In 2016 and 2017, then-Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the City Council amended the Municipal Code to regulate better and tax vacation rentals and shared housing…

Chicago is the City of Big Shoulders. But it's also quite big on another front: apartments with rooftops. The number of excellent and unique rooftops among Chicago's apartment buildings makes it impossible to list all of them in one blog post, so this list focuses on the rooftops that have…

Chicago is a leading city among architecture buffs and design enthusiasts. Still, apartment renters don't need to be practicing architects or professional designers to appreciate all the good designs surrounding them. These properties on Domu right now could be cut as the most "Chicago" places…

Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood is a storied and historic place to call home. The neighborhood is home to one of the country's most vaunted universities, a handful of museums, world-class parks and plenty of scenic lakefront destinations. But is there more to be discovered in Hyde Park than…

Apartment renters in Chicago may have a few burning questions about the law and its application to the consumption of legal marijuana on rental properties. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a bill that legalizes cannabis for adult recreational use that went into effect for Illinois…

Although fewer apartment renters in Chicago were commuting into the city center in 2020, many apartment renters relied on the occasional bicycle ride to provide accessible, low-cost recreation opportunities amid business closures or to break up the monotony of working from home. As renters look…

In addition to the many ads rolling around town on the CTA, Domu lets renters know about its Chicago apartment listings by offering complimentary "for rent" signs to landlords who list their apartments on Domu. These signs make a nifty, and some might even say downright…

During the spring of 2020, as Illinois residents hunkered down to try to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, furlough notices and job losses started to lead to late or missing rent payments.  Initially, Mayor Lightfoot asked property owners to “give tenants some grace, whenever…

Almost all tenants know about their responsibility to pay the apartment rent on time and in total. If the landlord presented them with a copy of Domu's model Chicago apartment lease, it's the first term of their lease agreement. With the economic uncertainty caused by…