765 ILCS 721/ Landlord Retaliation Act.

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765 ILCS 721/1

    (765 ILCS 721/1)
    (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)
    Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Landlord Retaliation Act.
(Source: P.A. 103-831, eff. 1-1-25.)

765 ILCS 721/5

    (765 ILCS 721/5)
    (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)
    Sec. 5. Prohibition on retaliatory conduct by landlord.

It is declared to be against public policy of the State for a landlord to take retaliatory action against a tenant. A landlord may not knowingly terminate a tenancy, increase rent, decrease services, bring or threaten to bring a lawsuit against a tenant for possession or refuse to renew a lease or tenancy because the tenant has in good faith done any of the following:

(1) complained of code violations applicable to the

premises to the relevant governmental agency, elected representative, or public official charged with responsibility for enforcement of a building, housing, health, or similar code;

(2) complained of a building, housing, health, or

similar code violation or an illegal landlord practice to a community organization;

(3) sought the assistance of a community organization

to remedy a code violation or illegal landlord practice;

(4) complained or requested the landlord to make

repairs to the premises as required by a building code, health ordinance, other regulation, or the residential rental agreement;

(5) organized or become a member of a tenants' union

or similar organization;

(6) testified in any court or administrative

proceeding concerning the condition of the premises; or

(7) exercised any right or remedy provided by law.
(Source: P.A. 103-831, eff. 1-1-25.)

765 ILCS 721/10

    (765 ILCS 721/10)
    (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)
    Sec. 10. Remedies for violation of this Act.

If the landlord acts in violation of this Act, the tenant has a defense in any retaliatory action against the tenant, and a landlord shall be subject to a civil action for damages and other appropriate relief, including, but not limited to, the following remedies:

(1) terminate the rental agreement and, if the rental

agreement is terminated, the landlord shall return all security and interest recoverable under the Security Deposit Return Act and all prepaid rent;

(2) recover possession of the premises if the

landlord has dispossessed, threatened to dispossess, or is in the process of dispossessing; and

(3) recovery of an amount equal to and not more than

2 months' rent or 2 times the damages sustained by the tenant, whichever is greater, and reasonable attorney's fees.

(Source: P.A. 103-831, eff. 1-1-25.)

765 ILCS 721/15

    (765 ILCS 721/15)
    (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)
    Sec. 15. Non-retaliatory actions.

An action is not retaliatory if the landlord can prove a legitimate, non-retaliatory basis for the action; or the landlord began the action before the tenant engaged in the protected activity.

(Source: P.A. 103-831, eff. 1-1-25.)

765 ILCS 721/20

    (765 ILCS 721/20)
    (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)
    Sec. 20. Rebuttable presumption.

In an action by or against the tenant, if within one year before the alleged act of retaliation there is evidence that the retaliation was against tenant's conduct that is protected under this Act, that evidence creates a rebuttable presumption that the landlord's conduct was retaliatory. The presumption does not arise if the protected tenant activity was initiated after the alleged act of retaliation.

(Source: P.A. 103-831, eff. 1-1-25.)

765 ILCS 721/95

    (765 ILCS 721/95)
    (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)
    Sec. 95. The Retaliatory Eviction Act is repealed.
(Source: P.A. 103-831, eff. 1-1-25.)