Renters fearing eviction in Illinois received another temporary reprieve on October 16, 2020 when Governor J.B. Pritzker again extended the statewide eviction moratorium through mid-November.
Before the novel Coronavirus reached Chicago, a landlord’s public health dilemmas were somewhat mundane, like whether to allow smoking or pets (other than service animals) on the premises. Today, as landlords try to adopt safe practices to protect tenants from the transmission of the virus on...
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...
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....
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...
Every renter’s financial circumstances are unique, no doubt about that. And in Chicago, renters are protected from discrimination on the basis of their legal source of income. In other words, if a renter can afford the rent due to unemployment benefits, housing assistance, spousal support or...
The Chicago City Council approved a revised version of the Fair Notice Eviction Ordinance on July 22, 2020. The ordinance, which provides renters with a one-time right to cure before entry of eviction, also modifies landlord notification requirements with varying time periods for rental...
The Chicago City Council approved an ordinance that protects tenants facing eviction on Wednesday, June 17, 2020. Mayor Lightfoot’s introduction of the COVID-19 Eviction Protection Ordinance includes more stringent requirements for Chicago landlords who file new eviction cases when their tenants...
UPDATE July 1, 2020: At the onset of Illinois’ first round 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 walkthrough video...
