100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB0471

 

Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
765 ILCS 705/17 new

    Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Provides that if a landlord enters into a lease with a tenant after receiving notice that a foreclosure proceeding has been initiated against the property, and the tenant later is required to vacate the premises as a result of the foreclosure action, the tenant may recover all of the rent payable from the time the lease is entered into until the tenant vacates the premises.


LRB100 06006 HEP 16036 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB0471LRB100 06006 HEP 16036 b

1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Landlord and Tenant Act is amended by adding
5Section 17 as follows:
 
6    (765 ILCS 705/17 new)
7    Sec. 17. Rental of property subject to foreclosure
8proceedings. If a landlord enters into a lease with a tenant
9after receiving notice that a foreclosure proceeding has been
10initiated against the property, and the tenant later is
11required to vacate the premises as a result of the foreclosure
12action, the tenant may recover all of the rent payable from the
13time the lease is entered into until the tenant vacates the
14premises.