The Hotline has served as MTO’s eyes and ears into the lives of renters. Since its inception in 1994, the MTO Hotline has fielded more than 150,000 calls, carefully collecting information and tracking data on …
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Bed bug complaints on the Metropolitan Tenants Organization Hotline have gone from none to at least 200 calls a year. WBBM’s John Cody reports.
If you have bed bugs in the Chicagoland area, call the Chicago tenants rights hotline at 773.292.4988. Open M-F from 1-5pm.
Stay tuned for an updated online FAQ on Bed Bugs and what do about them.
The Chicago Housing Authority is accepting applications for tenants who are in need of affordable housing.
Applications will be accepted from June 14, 2010 to July 9, 2010. Of all applications received, CHA will randomly pull …
There’s a very important piece of legislation coming before the Chicago city council, one that would do a lot for ordinary people waylaid by the foreclosure crisis.
But there’s a problem with that bill, or at …
Tenant Attorneys & Legal Service Orgs
Free Attorneys (Free for low and very low-income tenants only)
Legal Assistance Foundation………………………………………… (312) 341-1070
Legal help for low-income tenants
Lawyers Committee for Better Housing………………………….. (312) …
The city of Chicago has a message for slumlords: You will not be rewarded with city loans or contracts.
CBS 2’s Jim Williams reports the city council is close to passing a law that would put …
CHICAGO BUILDING CODE RE: PESTS
13-196-630 Residential buildings – Responsibilities of owner or operator.
Every owner or operator must:
(a) Comply with the requirements imposed on him by this chapter;
(b) Maintain in a clean, sanitary …
Evanston Landlord and Tenants Ordinance
City Code
Section 19-37 of the Town of Cicero Code of Ordinances
Tenant Handbook
Landlord Handbook
L Foreclosure Law: Public Act 095-0262
Illinois Condo Conversion Ordinance
Illinois State Preservation Ordinance
Code of Civil Procedure-Eviction – Sets out in detail the procedures and methodology of eviction court cases. Code of Civil Procedure-Eviction.doc
Condo Conversion …
