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Category Archives: Tenant Screening
Enforcement of Just Housing Ordinance Delayed
Cook County Delays JHO Rules As the January 1, 2020 deadline for implementation of the new law looms, the Cook County Human Rights Commission remains unprepared to handle the questions or to provide the resources necessary regarding the new rules … Continue reading
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Tagged Cook County Human Rights Ordinance, Just Housing Amendment
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Cook County’s Just Housing Amendment is SCARY!!!!!
Consider how the Cook County Just Housing Amendment will actually work to force landlords to rent to criminals
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Cook County Issues Yet Another Set of Just Housing Rules
Cook County releases October 23, 2019 landlord enforcement rules for the Just Housing Amendment for criminal background checks on tenants
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Call to Action for Comment on Just Housing Ordinance
Call to Cook County Landlords time to act on Criminal Background Screening Yesterday, I posted about the Cook County Joint Housing Ordinance. Today, the Neighborhood Building Owners Alliance issued a landlord “Call to Action” related to the proposed interpretive rules … Continue reading
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Do you know about the new Cook County Just Housing Ordinance?
landlords must conditionally approve tenants before ordering criminal background check for prospective lease in Cook County
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Lots going on – Illinois amending Human Rights Act
Illinois Landlords Criminal Screening to Change Drastically I’ve been away busy most of the summer, but plenty has been going on in Illinois and Chicago and not much of it has been good for landlords. In the coming weeks, I’ll … Continue reading
Posted in crime, crime free addendum, Tenant Screening
Tagged arrest, criminal background check, screening
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HUD issues fair housing “guidance” on landlord use of criminal background checks
Not good news for Chicago landlords April is fair housing month and to celebrate, the Office of the General Counsel of HUD has released “Guidance on Application of Fair Housing Act Standards to the Use of Criminal Records by Providers … Continue reading
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Is the “Application Fee” in Danger?
Proposed Illinois law to regulate rental application fees Everyone knows the importance of tenant screening. In order to offset the cost of screening “the right way”, many landlords collect application fees. Now, Illinois lawmakers are getting ready to regulate these … Continue reading
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Tagged rental application, tenant screening
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Just one simple check of Cook County eviction court records could save landlords money
Simple tip about tenant screening for Cook County Illinois landlords can save building owner’s money picking prospective renter
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Look deeper when conducting tenant screening
Richard Magnone’s update on his article about the art of tenant screening for landlords
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