When must a Chicago landlord provide a heating cost disclosure?

hcdTenants have a right to heating cost disclosures in Chicago

Its still cold out and we are not done with winter yet, so I want to talk about the Chicago heating cost disclosure.  It’s the forgotten attachment in the landlord-tenant world!  The form gets lost among ordinance summaries, security deposit receipts and lead-based paint disclosures.  Why?  Well, because many landlords and their agents are… lazy.  You see, it takes effort to get a heating cost disclosure.  Effort, you say?  How hard is it to get one?  Not hard at all.  The City of Chicago provides the Energy Disclosure Application form on its website (it takes up all of one page) and all a landlord has to do is fill it out and send it in to the energy provider (a landlord can even

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Compliance with the Chicago Heating Cost Disclosure

gas and electric heatCertain Landlords must provide a heating cost disclosure in Chicago

Tenants responsible for paying for the cost of their gas or electric can often be surprised by the high price of their energy bills.  To combat the impact of those surprises, the City of Chicago passed an ordinance at Chapter 5-16 of the Chicago Municipal Code entitled Disclosure of Heating Costs to Tenants and most Chicago landlords need to comply.

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