RTLO | Housing Action Illinois

Cook County Board unanimously passes historic Residential Tenant Landlord Ordinance, extending renter protections to 245,000 suburban households

by | Jan 28, 2021 | Advocacy Updates, Press Releases, RTLO

For Immediate Release: January 28, 2021 Contact: Kristin Ginger, Communications Manager, Housing Action Illinois, kristin@housingactionil.org or 312-854-3333 SCHAUMBURG, IL – Today, the Cook County Board of Commissioners unanimously passed the Residential Tenant...

Advocates Call on Cook County Commissioners to Pass Basic Renter Rights

by | Jan 25, 2021 | Advocacy Updates, Press Releases, Public Education & Organizing, RTLO

Residential Tenant Landlord Ordinance will make rental landscape fairer for suburban renters For Immediate Release: January 25, 2021Contact: Kristin Ginger, Communications Manager, Housing Action Illinois, kristin@housingactionil.org or 312-854-3333 CHICAGO –...

Commissioners Have Opportunity to Protect All Cook County Renters

by | Dec 15, 2020 | RTLO

By Gianna Baker, Michelle Gilbert, Michael Rabbitt and Sheila Sutton The proposed Residential Tenant Landlord Ordinance (RTLO), which will go to a vote by the Cook County Board of Commissioners this week, is far from revolutionary. It creates basic floors for landlord...

RTLO Week of Action

by | Dec 1, 2020 | Advocacy Alerts, Advocacy Events, Advocacy Updates, Organization Updates, Public Education & Organizing, RTLO

We need your help to pass protections for 245,000+ renter households in Cook County living in communities without a comprehensive tenant-landlord ordinance. For thirty years, renters living in Chicago, Evanston, and Mount Prospect have benefited from municipal...

Urge Your Commissioner to Protect All Renters in Cook County

by | Oct 28, 2020 | Advocacy Alerts, Advocacy Updates, RTLO

We need your help to pass protections for 245,000+ renter households in Cook County living in communities without a comprehensive landlord-tenant ordinance. For thirty years, renters living in Chicago, Evanston, and Mount Prospect have benefited from municipal...