Evictions

A tenant has a maximum of 14 days to move out unless they are being evicted for engaging in illegal activity. Only the sheriff or the proper authorities are allowed to remove the tenant by force. Even if the landlord wins the case, they are not allowed to engage in illegal methods of eviction. #eviction, #attorney, #lawyers, 

Moratorium On Evictions

 In late February, the Illinois Supreme Court approved new temporary orders in response to an anticipated surge in evictions when state and federal eviction moratoriums come to an end.  

Currently, the moratorium on eviction cases in Illinois expires on March 6; federal protections for renters lapse on March 31. Over 20,000 evictions are predicted in Chicago alone once Governor JB Pritzker’s moratorium is lifted, according to a forecast by the Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing and the Center for Urban Research & Learning at Loyola University. The first order authorizes Illinois judicial circuits to establish early resolution programs to allow for alternative dispute resolution in eviction cases. Circuits are encouraged to develop their own Eviction Early Resolution Programs using resources from Illinois Courts, including a new form suite from the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Access to Justice titled Orders in Eviction Cases.  #evictions, #moratoriumevictioncases,

Covid-19 Evictions

On April 23, 2020, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed Executive Order 2020-30 (“Order”), which, among other things, extended relief previously provided by Executive Order 2020-10 prohibiting law enforcement from enforcing eviction orders for residential properties, and broadened this relief to non-residential evictions. Specifically, the Order provides that all law enforcement officers must cease enforcing any eviction orders for non-residential premises, unless the non-residential tenant has been found to “pose a direct threat to the health and safety of other tenants, an immediate and sever risk to property, or a violation of any applicable building code, health ordinance, or similar regulation.”[1] However, tenants of non-residential premises still are required to pay rent pursuant to any lease agreement. The Order further provides relief to residential tenants by barring any landlord or property manager from filing an eviction action pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/9-101, et seq., “unless a tenant poses a direct threat to the health and safety of other tenants, an immediate and severe risk to property, or a violation of any applicable building code, health ordinance, or similar regulation”.[2] Like non-residential tenants, residential tenants still are required to pay rent. #evictions, #covid-19,