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The
Evanston Residential Landlord and Tenant Ordinance
(ERLTO) predates the
Chicago RLTO. The Evanston RLTO does
share some features of the Chicago RLTO, and also contains the
state's only 21-day security deposit return and accounting rule.
This is the timeline Wisconsin residents are used to. The
ERLTO also requires landlords to account in writing even for
rent they are withholding from the security deposit of a
tenant. This is not required statewide.
Evanston
renters of a duplex, townhouse, apartment, condo, or single
family home may email attorney
Silverman
for a free initial review of their
Evanston landlord - tenant situation and rights.
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SECTION
5-3-1
5-3-2
5-3-3-1
5-3-3-2
5-3-3-3
5-3-4-1
5-3-4-2
5-3-4-3
5-3-4-4
5-3-5-1
5-3-5-2
5-3-5-3
5-3-5-4
5-3-5-5
5-3-6-1
5-3-6-3
5-3-6-4
5-3-6-5
5-3-6-6
5-3-7-1
5-3-7-2
5-3-7-3
5-3-7-4
5-3-7-5
5-3-7-6
5-3-8-1
5-3-8-2
5-3-8-3
5-3-9-1
5-3-9-2
5-3-10
5-3-11
5-3-12-1
5-3-12-2
5-3-12-3
5-3-12-4
5-3-12-5
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TITLE
Title, Purpose and scope
General Definitions; Principals of Interpretation
Rental
Agreement:
Terms and Conditions of Rental Agreement
Effect
of Unsigned or Undelivered Rental Agreement
Prohibited Provisions in Rental Agreements
Tenant
Obligations:
Maintain Dwelling Unit
Rules
and Regulations
Access
Tenant's Use and Occupancy of Dwelling Unit
Landlord Obligations:
Security
Deposits and Prepaid Rent
Disclosure
Maintain Fit Premises
Limitation of Liability
Lead Disclosure Requirements
Landlord Remedies:
Noncompliance with Rental Agreement
Abandonment; Subleases
Waiver
of Landlord's Right to Terminate
Remedy
After Termination
Disposition of Abandoned Property
Tenant
Remedies:
Noncompliance by Landlord
Failure to Deliver Possession
Self
Help For Minor Defects and Rent Withholdings
Wrongful Failure to Supply Essential Services
Landlord's Noncompliance as Defense to Action for Rent
Fire
or Casualty Damage
Holdover; Abuse of Access:
Holdover Remedies
Landlord and Tenant Remedies for Abuse of Access
Notice
of Refusal to Renew Rental Agreement
Retaliatory Conduct
Civil
Actions by City
Attachment of Chapter to Rental Agreement
Condominium Conversions
Interruption of Tenant Occupancy:
Unlawful Interruption
Exclusions
Fines
Civil
Remedy
Tenant's Right to Terminate
Evanston's
Security Deposit Interest Rates
(same as Chicago) |
5-3-6-3:
ABANDONMENT; SUBLEASES:
If the tenant
abandons the dwelling unit, the landlord shall make a good faith
effort to rent it at a fair rental. This shall include the
acceptance of reasonable subleases. If the landlord succeeds in
renting the dwelling unit at a fair rental, the tenant shall be
liable for the amount by which the rent due from the date of
abandonment to the termination of the initial rental agreement
exceeds the fair rental subsequently received by the landlord
from the date of abandonment to the termination of the initial
rental agreement. If the landlord makes a good faith effort to
rent the dwelling unit at a fair rental and is unsuccessful, the
tenant shall be liable for the rent due for the period of the
rental agreement. In either event, the tenant shall be liable
for the advertising expenses and reasonable redecoration costs
incurred by the landlord in rerenting the dwelling unit. (Ord.
19-0-75)
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