Chicago winter months are known for below freezing temperatures and bitter cold wind chills. After being outside in the cold weather, the last thing you want to discover is your tenant does not have heat in the apartment or condominium building.
Chicago Heating Ordinance and RLTO
From September 15th through June 1st, the Chicago Heating Ordinance mandates … Read More ›
As Chicago moves into the winter months, landlords and property managers are faced with the challenge of ice and snow removal.
This article will provide an overview of the Chicago Snow Removal law and how it affects apartments buildings, condominium buildings, rental properties, and businesses.
What is the Chicago Snow Removal law?
Each year the City of Chicago Comptroller is required to review and set the rate of interest to be paid on security deposits for residential lease agreements.
As recently announced on the City of Chicago website, the security deposit interest rate is set at 0.01% from January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021. The … Read More ›
On Friday, December 11, 2020, Illinois Governor Pritzker issued the latest in a series of Executive Orders addressing the COVID-19 pandemic.
New Executive Order
Executive Order 2020-74 extends the moratorium on Illinois evictions to January 9, 2021. The new Order only allows landlords to proceed on evictions for non-payment against:
non-“Covered Persons” or
for … Read More ›
