House & Apartment

Learn about how Illinois housing providers must maintain safe and livable conditions, tenants can be protected from retaliation for reporting concerns, and people can request rental repairs.

Find out what counts as an illegal lockout and how to get emergency rental repairs in Illinois.

Learn about tenants' rental repair rights, including the right to repair and deduct, and when landlords can enter units for repairs.

Learn about how to deal with bugs, rodents, and other pests in a rental home.

How to prepare for and request repairs from a housing provider, including what records to keep and finding help.

A program to make a letter to ask a landlord to repair your apartment or house.

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

Describes what you can do if you have loud neighbors.

How to report concerns about the interior or exterior of a Chicago building, and the two types of cases that can be made against building owners.

Describes Illinois law regarding lead paint in homes

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

Frequently asked questions on this frequently overlooked form of insurance.