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Endorse the Cook County Residential Tenant Landlord Ordinance

UPDATE: We are excited to share that the RTLO passed in a bipartisan, unanimous vote on January 28, 2021.

Thank commissioners for passing the ordinance »

More than 245,000 renter households in Cook County live in communities without a comprehensive tenant-landlord ordinance.

For thirty years, renters living in Chicago, Evanston, and Mount Prospect have benefited from municipal ordinances defining basic landlord-tenant rights and responsibilities. Now, we urge Cook County to pass a measure that will protect suburban Cook County renters in other communities. The proposed ordinance would establish:

Protections against leases that eliminate basic tenant right to notices
Guarantee security deposit returns under lease terms and prevent landlords from renaming security deposits as "move-in fees" so as to keep them
Procedures for withholding rent until building condition problems are addressed
Safeguards against lock-outs
Requirement of notice before a landlord enters the unit

Overall, the proposed ordinance clarifies the roles and responsibilities for both renters and landlords—making the rental landscape easier and fairer to navigate for everyone. Learn more »

Complete the form below to endorse this campaign. Then send a message to your commissioners telling them why you support the RTLO »

The Cook County Residential Tenant Landlord Ordinance was introduced by Commissioners Scott Britton and Kevin Morrison. We appreciate their leadership on this issue.

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Endorsing Organizations

A Safe Haven Foundation
Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago
Alliance to End Homelessness in Suburban Cook County
Arise Chicago
Autonomous Tenants Union
BEDS Plus Care Inc.
Beyond Legal Aid
BPI
Brighton Park Neighborhood Council
Center for Changing Lives
Center for Disability & Elder Law
Centro de Trabajadores Unidos
Chicago Area Fair Housing Alliance (CAFHA)
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights
Chicago Urban League
Chicago Volunteer Legal Services
Christian Community Health Center
Citizens in Action Serving All (CASA) Blue Island
Connections for the Homeless
Connections of Illinois, Inc
Dina and Eli Field Ezra Multi-Service Center
Enlace Chicago
Enterprise Community Partners
First Lutheran Church of the Trinity
Greater Chicago Legal Clinic
Habitat for Humanity Chicago
Health & Medicine Policy Research Group
Housing Action Illinois
Housing Choice Partners
Housing Forward
Illinois Legal Aid Online
Impact Behavioral Health Partners
Jane Addams Senior Caucus
Jewish Council on Urban Affairs
Joining Forces for Affordable Housing, Connections for the Homeless

Kenwood Oakland Community Organization
La Casa Norte
Latino Policy Forum
Lawyers' Committee for Better Housing
Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Family Services
Legal Council for Health Justice
Manufactured Home Owners Association of Illinois
Metropolitan Planning Council
Metropolitan Tenants Organization
Moran Center for Youth Advocacy
Neighbors for Affordable Housing
North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic
Northside Action for Justice
Northwest Side CDC
Northwest Side Housing Center
ONE Northside
Open Communities
Palos/Orland Progressives
PASO – West Suburban Action Project (Proyecto de Acción de los Suburbios del Oeste)
Pilsen Alliance
Progress Center for Independent Living
Shriver Center on Poverty Law
South Siders for Peace
South Suburban Housing Center
South Suburban PADS
St. Luke's Lutheran Church of Logan Square
Supportive Housing Providers Association
The ARK
UNETE La Villita
Uptown People's Law Center
Woodstock Institute
Working Family Solidarity

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Contact Sheila Sutton, Housing Policy Organizer for Housing Action Illinois: sheila@housingactionil.org | (312) 854-3016

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