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1/ Yesterday, the City Council passed the Fair Notice ordinance, giving the more than half of Chicago households who rent more stability and predictability in their homes.
Fair Notice has two major provisions:
Fair Notice has two major provisions:
2/ First, it increases the amount of notice required before a tenant's lease (annual or month-to-month) can be non-renewed, or changed to increase rent. Previously, only 30 days were required. It is now 60 days, or 120 days for tenants who have lived in their unit for 3+ years.
3/ That's crucial because 30 days simply isn't enough time for many tenants to find new appropriate housing, especially given the importance of proximity to school, work, transit, family, healthcare providers, or accessibility features for many households.
4/ Second, Fair Notice also extends tenants' "right to cure" period. That's the time when, after receiving an eviction notice for nonpayment of rent, a tenant has the right to end the eviction filing by making up all of their back rent.
5/ Previously, tenants had just five days after receiving a notice from their landlord to make up back rent. Fair Notice requires that each tenant have a chance to end an eviction for nonpayment by paying all back rent and court fees up until there is an eviction judgment.
6/ In addition to tenant protections, yesterday's Council meeting included final approval for a $900,000 investment in nearly three dozen historic, vacant rowhomes in the Pullman neighborhood. The City's grant will be used to purchase, rehabilitate these homes.
7/ That investment will not only bring these historic buildings back into use for Chicago homeowners, but will allow the homes to be sold at affordable prices to moderate-income Chicagoans.
You can read more here: https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/07/22/35-historic-but-vacant-pullman-row-houses-to-be-rehabbed-and-sold/?fbclid=IwAR01rbP6UHUgpeYPVW5d050_13G7xjjjmbez28H8qGTev5uU6xPVSvqYgRI
You can read more here: https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/07/22/35-historic-but-vacant-pullman-row-houses-to-be-rehabbed-and-sold/?fbclid=IwAR01rbP6UHUgpeYPVW5d050_13G7xjjjmbez28H8qGTev5uU6xPVSvqYgRI
