HB0053

What it does

• Creates the Eviction Moratorium Clarification Act for Illinois civil law.
• Allows eviction of people who did not lose income or face high expenses due to the reason for the moratorium.
• Permits eviction of tenants who are not using their best efforts to pay rent despite having the ability to do so after paying other necessary costs.
• Excludes from protection those whose eviction would not likely make them homeless or force them into crowded living spaces because they have no other housing options.
• Allows landlords to evict people without a rental agreement, engaging in criminal activity on the property, threatening safety and health, damaging property, or behaving unreasonably toward others.
• Removes landlord responsibility for utility bills if a protected tenant who is not paying rent uses more than 20% extra utilities compared to any month last year.