House & Apartment

Identify the legal requirements for ending leases and explore relevant legal documents.

There are many reasons why your section 8 housing voucher may be taken away. This article lists why you may lose your rental assistance and potential solutions.

A sample lease for tenants and landlords that you can use to create your own version.

Describes what you can do if you have loud neighbors.

Understand your rights when it comes to property lines and trees between you and your neighbor.

This blog explains what rights both tenants and landlords have in private and public housing have in terms of guests visiting the property. It also describes what legal action a landlord may take if their tenant violates guest policy.

When a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) lease can end and not be renewed, how to move with a voucher, and the different rules that apply to ending a lease in Project-Based Housing.

Explains your rights and responsibilities outlined in the Illinois mobile home regulations for mobile home park tenants.

Clarify private housing applications and lease requirements, and discover safety tips for finding legitimate rentals.

Defines and describes housing discrimination and how to fight against it.

Statewide, there are only 4 situations that require landlords to disclose anything to tenants. Chicago landlords must do more.

Describes alternatives to nursing homes including who is eligible, services provided, and residents' rights.

Explains that leases within mobile home parks must be at least 2 years and be given in writing. Here's what you can expect in your agreement to live in the mobile home park.

A landlord cannot force a tenant to move to make repairs or renovations during their lease. Learn about tenant protections and lease renewal considerations in this situation.

Explains what a park owner is responsible for in a mobile home park according to Illinois mobile home park laws.

You don’t want to tie yourself to your old place for too long, but the new place isn’t ready yet. The best solution for you is to renew your lease as a month-to-month lease at your old place. That’s the minimum tie you can have and the easiest to cut.

Tenants in subsidized housing must report changes in income, which might lead to changes in their rent. This article explains how the process works.

Explains that a landlord can enforce a no smoking or no pets rule, but they must do it in a certain way.

Keep your Section 8 voucher by proving that the termination was wrongful.

Explains what a tenant living in the park is responsible for in a mobile home park.

Explains what you can and cannot take into consideration when looking for a tenant

Frequently asked questions on this frequently overlooked form of insurance.

Guide to municipal property finance and tax issues. Includes: revenue bonds, sale of municipal obligations, special assessments, tax increment allocation financing, benefits to local areas, and more. 2022 edition

Guide to eminent domain state and federal actions. Includes: Initial procedures and pleadings by governing bodies and condemnees, mandamus and inverse condemnation, leasehold damages, and more. 2024 edition

Manual on land use including zoning controls, variations, subdivisions, impact fees, government financing, and more. 2025 edition

Manual on municipal law for practitioners, including municipal labor law, contracts, construction contracts, municipal litigation, civil rights liability, Illinois tort immunity, home rule, and intergovernmental cooperation. 2024 Edition.

Manual on Illinois rules and regulations governing special districts. 2023 edition

Guide to land trusts in Illinois. Includes: land trust uses and purposes, amendments to agreements, transfer of beneficial interest upon death, exoneration and exculpation, and more. 2023 edition

Manual on land trusts, transactions, contracts, leases, insurance, etc. Classic 1989 EDITION.

Information on real estate litigation including defenses to mortgage foreclosure and defenses to predatory lending. 2024 edition

Manual on municipal law for practitioners, addressing organization, elections, public meetings, officers and employees, personnel, emergency services, police power, ordinances, and local prosecution. 2023 Edition.