The office of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker announced that the statewide eviction moratorium will be re-issued and extended through October 3, 2021. The governor's office also clarified in the latest announcement that the...
All Cook County landlords should be aware of the Just Housing Amendment to the Human Rights Ordinance, which went into effect on January 1, 2020 and which seeks to remedy unfair housing discrimination against individuals with criminal records. We’ve written about the...
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 better regulate and tax vacation rentals and shared housing units....
Before the novel Coronavirus reached Chicago, a landlord’s public health dilemmas were somewhat mundane, like whether to allow smoking or pets (other than...
The State of Illinois announced that it will offer another round of rental payment assistance for tenants who've fallen behind on rent due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The 2021 Illinois Rental Payment Program's website indicates that the State will receive applications from tenants or landlords...
At the onset of stay-at-home orders in March 2020, many landlords had to quickly roll out alternative plans for showing vacant apartments in Chicago. The go-to solution was virtual showings, where a live video call or pre-recorded...
The business of being a Chicago apartment landlord has always been a serious one, but a seriously challenging year such as 2020 puts certain questions in stark relief. One of those timely questions: “Am I charging too much for my Chicago apartment in 2021?”
Let’s unpack this question a...
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 possible...
Renters looking to get an inside preview of a Chicago apartment for rent will be satisfied to find a walkthrough video shared conveniently on the listing. Apartment landlords and brokers who advertise on Domu can easily do this by copying a YouTube video link and pasting it in the designated...
