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COVID 19 Eviction Protection Ordinance Set to Expire

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Ordinance Protection Expired?

Will it happen?  Has it happened?  Will it stick?  Who knows? I would not put it past the powers that be.  What am I talking about?  The Chicago Covid 19 eviction protection ordinance is set to expire by its own terms.  Could the Governor do something this weekend to somehow extend the executive order providing eviction protections?  Probably not.  The protections in that last order were extended on August 20, 2021 and expired October 3, 2021.  The Chicago COVID 19 Eviction Protection Ordinance extended its provisions for 60 days beyond that date.

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Mayor changes up Fair Notice proposal to amend CRLTO

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Did you NOTICE this?

We’ve discussed the Mayor’s Fair Notice law for a few weeks here.  However, when the Building Committee met last week, they pushed through a materially changed version of the law.  They gave next to no notice to anyone before passing the new, anti-landlord, language out of committee so that it can go in front of the full City Council.  Many groups, including the Chicago Association of Realtors are issuing a CALL TO ACTION to oppose these amendments to the CRLTO which are likely to be heard at the next City Council meeting.

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Chicago Department of Housing Releases Information on Covid 19 Eviction Ordinance

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Language Released

UPDATE: the notice has been released and we are suggesting that landlords also serve the tenant notification as well.

On June 17, 2020, the City of Chicago passed the Covid-19 Eviction Protection Ordinance.  The law provides that the City’s Department of Housing was to prepare a notice that is supposed to accompany any 5 day notice served in Chicago that is governed by the ordinance.  Almost immediately, the City published

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Chicago FINALLY makes text of Covid-19 Eviction Moratorium Public

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Took them long enough! (Now, where is the Covid-19 Notice the City Requires?)

Finally, the people at the City Clerk’s office have made available to the public the official text of the freshly passed into law Chicago Covid-19 Eviction Moratorium ordinance.  As discussed on this blog, the new ordinance requires a 7 day negotiating period after a landlord serves a 5 day notice (or any other notice for non-payment of rent) if a tenant notifies the landlord that the tenant experienced a Covid-19 impact.

The full text of the ordinance can be found here.  Some language (but not the official form) for the notice has been released

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