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Being evicted
In Illinois, there is a process that must be followed when you're a tenant being evicted from your home. Learn more about your rights here.
Learn your rights (2 resources)
Eviction is when a landlord makes a tenant leave a unit. The landlord must give the tenant notice and go through the court process. The notice must say why the tenant is being evicted.
Guide
Describes your options if you are being evicted from public housing.
Guide
Forms (3 resources)
A program to help you complete the forms to ask for more time in your rental unit before being evicted.
Easy Form
Use this form if you were sued for eviction after your landlord posted the eviction notice on your door.
Form download
A program to help you ask the court to seal the record of your eviction due to your landlord being in foreclosure.
Easy Form
Other resources for the public (31 resources)
Eviction is when a landlord makes a tenant leave a unit. The landlord must give the tenant notice and go through the court process. The notice must say why the tenant is being evicted.
Guide
If you are being evicted and the judge has entered an Eviction Order in your case, follow these steps to ask the judge for more time to move out.
How-To
Explains the local rules of not evicting during cold weather or during the holiday season
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A tenant can use a defense (legal reason) to ask the judge to throw out an eviction case. Some eviction defenses are listed.
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Lawyer resources (3 resources)
A Lawyer Manual with information about Illinois private landlord-tenant law, including leases, security deposits, and evictions.
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This resource for lawyers gives an outline of the case law, regulations, and history relevant to housing law.
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