House & Apartment

Learn about rental housing applications, what landlords must disclose before a lease is signed, and how to avoid rental scams.

Discover how spoken (oral) and written agreements create leases, rules for lease restrictions, and when landlords can increase rent.

Understand how laws from many sources, including local landlord-tenant ordinances, apply to Illinois rental housing.

Learn more about the housing rights and protections survivors have under the Illinois Safe Homes Act and the Violence Against Women Act.

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