Mayor's Office Revises Renter Protection Ordinance, Giving Break To Small Landlords

Mayor’s Office Revises Renter Protection Ordinance, Giving Break To Small Landlords – Block Club Chicago

Several major provisions remain unchanged. The ordinance would still cap security deposits at one month’s rent and ban move-in fees and other so-called junk fees.

Mayor's Office Revises Renter Protection Ordinance, Giving Break To Small Landlords

CITY HALL — Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration has revised its proposed Protecting Renters Ordinance, making key changes in an effort to get it passed this month. The updates, being circulated to alderpeople this week as City Council returns from its August break, would exempt small landlords with six or fewer units from several of the legislation’s provisions and reduce relocation payments. Johnson introduced the ordinance in June, aimed at…