Comments on: Chicago Residential Landlord Tenant Ordinance http://www.tenants-rights.org/residential-landlord-tenant-ordinance/ tenants helping tenants improve their lives since 1981 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:59:13 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John Bartlett http://www.tenants-rights.org/residential-landlord-tenant-ordinance/comment-page-1/#comment-38253 John Bartlett Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:50:11 +0000 http://mtotest.justinmassa.com/?p=420#comment-38253 This is a lockout and illegal under the law. First step is to call the polices and ask them to call the landlord and to restore you to the premises. Next step would be to contact an attorney, if the police do not help then the attorney can. If you have limited income you might try calling the Legal Assistance foundation 312-341-1070. This is a lockout and illegal under the law. First step is to call the polices and ask them to call the landlord and to restore you to the premises. Next step would be to contact an attorney, if the police do not help then the attorney can. If you have limited income you might try calling the Legal Assistance foundation 312-341-1070.

]]> By: April Lewis http://www.tenants-rights.org/residential-landlord-tenant-ordinance/comment-page-1/#comment-36978 April Lewis Thu, 12 Jan 2012 04:19:03 +0000 http://mtotest.justinmassa.com/?p=420#comment-36978 I am a single mother of four, one child disabled. Rented and apartment from a guy on a month to month verbal. Paid two months call guy about leaking pipes, no answer, one month later another guy comes says hes the landlord and dema.d rent. He informs me that his friend ran off with rent payments. I say repairs need to be made and after repairs ill pay. No heat leaking sink stopped up toilet. He says no rent no repairs. One month later 7 day notice certified mail. 2 weeks later water shut off, voicemail, no rent no water. Disabled daughter placed in nursery until resolved. One month after that a woman shows up, threatens leave or this gets ugly. Already ugly, my reply, take me to court. One week later, get home from school, get kids from day care, boards on windows doors and locks changed. Landlord claim. Im a squatter. My question, what do i do, no rent receipts, no written lease. My prof light and gas bill also, inspection for disabled child. And nurses on duty majority of time in home. All i wanted was some heat and a runni.g toilet. Enough space for my daughters wheelchair and a backyard, too much to ask. I am a single mother of four, one child disabled. Rented and apartment from a guy on a month to month verbal. Paid two months call guy about leaking pipes, no answer, one month later another guy comes says hes the landlord and dema.d rent. He informs me that his friend ran off with rent payments. I say repairs need to be made and after repairs ill pay. No heat leaking sink stopped up toilet. He says no rent no repairs. One month later 7 day notice certified mail. 2 weeks later water shut off, voicemail, no rent no water. Disabled daughter placed in nursery until resolved. One month after that a woman shows up, threatens leave or this gets ugly. Already ugly, my reply, take me to court. One week later, get home from school, get kids from day care, boards on windows doors and locks changed. Landlord claim. Im a squatter. My question, what do i do, no rent receipts, no written lease. My prof light and gas bill also, inspection for disabled child. And nurses on duty majority of time in home. All i wanted was some heat and a runni.g toilet. Enough space for my daughters wheelchair and a backyard, too much to ask.

]]> By: Just Cause Campaign | oregoncat http://www.tenants-rights.org/residential-landlord-tenant-ordinance/comment-page-1/#comment-35006 Just Cause Campaign | oregoncat Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:49:25 +0000 http://mtotest.justinmassa.com/?p=420#comment-35006 [...] Monica, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, San Diego, Palm Springs…Other Cities:  Seattle, and Chicago.  Most rent controlled cities also require just cause [...] [...] Monica, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, San Diego, Palm Springs…Other Cities:  Seattle, and Chicago.  Most rent controlled cities also require just cause [...]

]]> By: John Bartlett http://www.tenants-rights.org/residential-landlord-tenant-ordinance/comment-page-1/#comment-31092 John Bartlett Sun, 20 Nov 2011 19:23:47 +0000 http://mtotest.justinmassa.com/?p=420#comment-31092 There is no law that allows your dad to just break the lease because he is no longer able to care for himself. The law does say that a landlord must attach a summary of Chicago Landlord and Tenants Ordinance to the lease and if the landlord does not one of the rights of a tenant is to terminate the lease and move out. You might see there is a summary attached. Another possible solution is to ask the owner and see what the owner says. If the owner agrees, get everything in writing. There is no law that allows your dad to just break the lease because he is no longer able to care for himself. The law does say that a landlord must attach a summary of Chicago Landlord and Tenants Ordinance to the lease and if the landlord does not one of the rights of a tenant is to terminate the lease and move out. You might see there is a summary attached. Another possible solution is to ask the owner and see what the owner says. If the owner agrees, get everything in writing.

]]> By: Vina http://www.tenants-rights.org/residential-landlord-tenant-ordinance/comment-page-1/#comment-30950 Vina Sat, 19 Nov 2011 20:11:15 +0000 http://mtotest.justinmassa.com/?p=420#comment-30950 My 70 yr. old dad lives in a high-rise in Chicago. In September he signed a new lease for one year. He has since become unable to care for himself and the Chicago winter will be too harsh for him to bear. I want to move him with me (Texas) so I can take care of him. Is there any provision that will allow him to get out of his lease so he can move here? My 70 yr. old dad lives in a high-rise in Chicago. In September he signed a new lease for one year. He has since become unable to care for himself and the Chicago winter will be too harsh for him to bear. I want to move him with me (Texas) so I can take care of him. Is there any provision that will allow him to get out of his lease so he can move here?

]]> By: perla http://www.tenants-rights.org/residential-landlord-tenant-ordinance/comment-page-1/#comment-30401 perla Thu, 17 Nov 2011 03:01:51 +0000 http://mtotest.justinmassa.com/?p=420#comment-30401 thank you for you advice,and yes it is insulated, i think it does have to do with discrimination, this is a tree story building and my neighbors from the third floor have told me to not let her intimidate me and that not only she likes quiet but she inspects complete silence, and the day i went upstairs to talk to her my tv was at 30 and i could not hear a thing, i think that perhaps in complete silence you might be able to hear very little in the back ground but very minor , not enough to say that is an infernos noise ,i also have talk to my next house neighbor and she is known around as the grumpy neighbor that has not even once sad hi to anybody on the neighborhood ,which honestly it is non of my business but i think that because she sees that i'm Hispanic i'm more easy to pick on even my little brother that met her once wail visiting me told me that she looks like she was doing this on porpoise. at the end of it all i just want her to stop because i'm not planning on living like this for the rest of my lease or i don't want to have to be ask to move out, over a noise that exist only in her head ,i feel like i already did what i could to keep my volume down so she is not bother ,and turning my tv off to me is not an option because i feel that if i'm paying a rent i should enjoy of watching tv in my house isn't this a two way street i have to compromise keeping my volume low and she has to live with a little, very little noise ,after all we do live in Chicago and is a city full of noises even if you turn all you'r electronics off you can still hear the noise from the street inside you apartment. i even went to the police department to see if there was something i could do and when i told them that she was doing all this over tv volume they all stared laughing and sad that even if she have call them to have them go over to get me to lower it or turn it off they couldn't do it because is not even consider as disturbing behavior to have hi tv volume ,and that the only one that can get me to lower it is my landlord if he feels is needed ,and if it wasn't because she pays more and has already threaten him with moving out he would not be saying anything aether, is so funny!!! the other night he came over to tell me that she complained again because that night was louder and that he came over and it was louder(now remember every seems she first complained i have keep it standard is always the same during the day is at 35 and during the night is at 23 and is like that every day ) so how come that some nights is louder to them and some nights is fine when the volume is always the same ???? again i just want to stop her if there is any way i can???? thank you for you advice,and yes it is insulated, i think it does have to do with discrimination, this is a tree story building and my neighbors from the third floor have told me to not let her intimidate me and that not only she likes quiet but she inspects complete silence, and the day i went upstairs to talk to her my tv was at 30 and i could not hear a thing, i think that perhaps in complete silence you might be able to hear very little in the back ground but very minor , not enough to say that is an infernos noise ,i also have talk to my next house neighbor and she is known around as the grumpy neighbor that has not even once sad hi to anybody on the neighborhood ,which honestly it is non of my business but i think that because she sees that i’m Hispanic i’m more easy to pick on even my little brother that met her once wail visiting me told me that she looks like she was doing this on porpoise.

at the end of it all i just want her to stop because i’m not planning on living like this for the rest of my lease or i don’t want to have to be ask to move out, over a noise that exist only in her head ,i feel like i already did what i could to keep my volume down so she is not bother ,and turning my tv off to me is not an option because i feel that if i’m paying a rent i should enjoy of watching tv in my house isn’t this a two way street i have to compromise keeping my volume low and she has to live with a little, very little noise ,after all we do live in Chicago and is a city full of noises even if you turn all you’r electronics off you can still hear the noise from the street inside you apartment.

i even went to the police department to see if there was something i could do and when i told them that she was doing all this over tv volume they all stared laughing and sad that even if she have call them to have them go over to get me to lower it or turn it off they couldn’t do it because is not even consider as disturbing behavior to have hi tv volume ,and that the only one that can get me to lower it is my landlord if he feels is needed ,and if it wasn’t because she pays more and has already threaten him with moving out he would not be saying anything aether, is so funny!!! the other night he came over to tell me that she complained again because that night was louder and that he came over and it was louder(now remember every seems she first complained i have keep it standard is always the same during the day is at 35 and during the night is at 23 and is like that every day ) so how come that some nights is louder to them and some nights is fine when the volume is always the same ????

again i just want to stop her if there is any way i can????

]]> By: John Bartlett http://www.tenants-rights.org/residential-landlord-tenant-ordinance/comment-page-1/#comment-30259 John Bartlett Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:38:35 +0000 http://mtotest.justinmassa.com/?p=420#comment-30259 This is a difficult situation to resolve. Why do you think that she is harassing you? Could there be any discrimination happening or does she just like peace and quiet and there is no sound insulation. Perhaps you could see if you landlord would be willing to put some sound insulation so that that the woman upstairs will not be bothered. This is a difficult situation to resolve. Why do you think that she is harassing you? Could there be any discrimination happening or does she just like peace and quiet and there is no sound insulation. Perhaps you could see if you landlord would be willing to put some sound insulation so that that the woman upstairs will not be bothered.

]]> By: perla http://www.tenants-rights.org/residential-landlord-tenant-ordinance/comment-page-1/#comment-30258 perla Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:20:42 +0000 http://mtotest.justinmassa.com/?p=420#comment-30258 hi i have a problem with my upstairs neighbor ,i just move in in September and every sens a move she has complained about my t.v. volume now the first time she complained about it i stared setting some low volume stander ,during the day my tv is at the volume of 35 and at night is at 23 ,(i can burly heart it ) the max volume is on 80 but i never set it that high the first time she complain i notified the landlord and have him come over to approve the hi standard volume witch is 35 and he not only say that she was exaggerating but also approved my volume ,every sens then she has keep complaining like every day about my tv volume and says that if i don't turn it off she will move out and because her rent is more money for the landlord she pays $1200 and i $675 the landlord doesn't want her to move so he wants me to do as she say also i try talking to her once and she did not wanted an agreement other that turn my tv off and also sad that if the landlord doesn't do something about it she will call someone and every time she complains she stars banging on her floor and my door and windows and gets aggressive ...i'm desperate what can i do is there something i can legally do to stop her from harassing me???? hi i have a problem with my upstairs neighbor ,i just move in in September and every sens a move she has complained about my t.v. volume now the first time she complained about it i stared setting some low volume stander ,during the day my tv is at the volume of 35 and at night is at 23 ,(i can burly heart it ) the max volume is on 80 but i never set it that high the first time she complain i notified the landlord and have him come over to approve the hi standard volume witch is 35 and he not only say that she was exaggerating but also approved my volume ,every sens then she has keep complaining like every day about my tv volume and says that if i don’t turn it off she will move out and because her rent is more money for the landlord she pays $1200 and i $675 the landlord doesn’t want her to move so he wants me to do as she say also i try talking to her once and she did not wanted an agreement other that turn my tv off and also sad that if the landlord doesn’t do something about it she will call someone and every time she complains she stars banging on her floor and my door and windows and gets aggressive …i’m desperate what can i do is there something i can legally do to stop her from harassing me????

]]> By: John http://www.tenants-rights.org/residential-landlord-tenant-ordinance/comment-page-1/#comment-29058 John Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:47:26 +0000 http://mtotest.justinmassa.com/?p=420#comment-29058 Dear John, As we move back into an era of BEDBUGS living with us as they always have in History, Pre 1920's Post 2005. Im wondering about laws on the books for tenants/ Landlords? To protect tenants from Getting BedBugs/ The Treatment Rules / Guildines. Also to protect landlords of multi unit properties from the HIGH COSTS of Treatments, ($1500 per unit for heat treatments)can it be transferd to the tenants? Dear John,

As we move back into an era of BEDBUGS living with us as they always have in History, Pre 1920′s Post 2005. Im wondering about laws on the books for tenants/ Landlords? To protect tenants from Getting BedBugs/ The Treatment Rules / Guildines. Also to protect landlords of multi unit properties from the HIGH COSTS of Treatments, ($1500 per unit for heat treatments)can it be transferd to the tenants?

]]> By: John Bartlett http://www.tenants-rights.org/residential-landlord-tenant-ordinance/comment-page-1/#comment-28274 John Bartlett Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:09:28 +0000 http://mtotest.justinmassa.com/?p=420#comment-28274 There is no such rule about landlords having 30 days to make repairs from the move in date. You can call the city of Chicago and request an inspection at 311. Does the landlord live on the premises? If so you have fewer rights. You might want to put your demands that this be fixed in writing and keep a copy of the letter. There is no such rule about landlords having 30 days to make repairs from the move in date. You can call the city of Chicago and request an inspection at 311. Does the landlord live on the premises? If so you have fewer rights. You might want to put your demands that this be fixed in writing and keep a copy of the letter.

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