Residential Tenant’s Right to Repair and Deduct Act

On January 1, 2005, a law went into effect allowing certain tenants, in certain situations to make repairs to a rental unit and deduct the cost of repairs from monthly rent. 765 ILCS 742 RESIDENTIAL TENANTS’ RIGHT TO REPAIR ACT Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Residential Tenants’ Right to Repair Act. Sec. 5. Repair; […]

Website Recognition

This site was recognized as a main source for Landlord Tenant Law on the Internet in “Landlords’ Rights & Duties in Illinois“, a self-help law book by Mark Warda and Diana Brodman Summers.