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.

This Easy Form helps you make a letter telling your landlord you need them to make repairs to your rental unit. The letter may also tell your landlord what legal rights you have as a tenant.

This Easy Form helps you make a letter telling your landlord to let you back into your home if your landlord has illegally locked or forced you out.

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.

This article describes what is an unhealthy living condition and what you can do to fix the situation

Frequently asked questions on this frequently overlooked form of insurance.