If the conditions in your rental unit are truly causing you health problems then you need to put your health above your legal and financial...

How should I proceed?

This is not what you will want to hear but your best result would be to take the loss an move on. You should file a police report. The police...

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The Sheriff of Cook County does not evict on the weekend. I do not know about what they do in Aurora. You may want to call the Sheriff and ask if...

My water line had froze in my apartment and then broke and I've Ben without water for 5 days now and need help with my landlords

It is very difficult--almost impossible--to get a landlord to make necessary repairs. If the landlord flat out refuses to do it then some one has...

If your brother is living in the same house as you then you may have grounds to have him barred from the property by an order for protection in...

Can I keep tenant's security deposit in an online bank account or does have to be kept in a account at retail bank branch?

The best advice is to not take a security deposit in Chicago. The law is too hard to follow and there are drastic consequences for making the...

How far behind is the sherif on evictions in Cook County 60611?

There is a backlog. It is hard to know exactly when the Sheriff will come out to evict but expect it sometime in January 2017.

No party can unilaterally modify a lease such as a contract. If the tenant is responsible for bringing in the pests then the tenant is responsible...

How can i make sure i get all of my deposit back once i sue my old landlord

Suing for your security deposit is a collection case similar to a claim for credit card debt. There are three steps in the case. The first step...

Can a landlord or a public housing authority discriminate against smokers, by making the units smoke free.

Every law and contract, by its nature, discriminates. Laws discriminate against people who do not pay parking meters. Landlords discriminate...