103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3874

 

Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Hoan Huynh

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act
815 ILCS 505/2Z  from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262Z

    Creates the Rent Control Act. Provides that no more than once every 12 months, upon a 90-day written notice, a landlord may increase the rent for a dwelling unit in which a tenant resides by a rate no greater than 15%. Provides that a landlord who temporarily removes a dwelling unit from the rental market and later relists the property for rent may only increase the rental rate charged for the unit in accordance with this Section, regardless of how long the dwelling unit is vacant. Provides that if the unit is vacant for more than 12 months, the permissible percentage change shall be calculated using the gross rental rate charged when the unit was last occupied. Provides that if a tenant is the first tenant to occupy a new dwelling unit, the 12-month period begins the first month in which the rental agreement states the tenant occupied the dwelling unit. Provides that if a new landlord purchases a dwelling or dwelling unit from a landlord with a current rental agreement, the new landlord is subject to the same restrictions as the former landlord and the new owner may only increase rent within the limits of the 12-month period previously established by the former landlord. Allows the Attorney General to enforce a violation of the Act as an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that it is an affirmative defense and counterclaim in any eviction action that the landlord has charged rent in excess of the amount allowed under the Act. Makes a corresponding change in the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Rent
5Control Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
7    "Consideration" includes, but is not limited to, money and
8the fair market value of goods and services rendered for the
9benefit of the landlord under the rental agreement.
10    "Dwelling" means any privately owned parcel of real
11property in the State that is assessed and taxed as an
12undivided whole with one or more dwelling units rented or
13available for rent for residential use and occupancy on or
14after the effective date of this Act. "Dwelling" includes a
15dwelling unit within a common-interest community, including a
16condominium or cooperative building, that is held out for rent
17and not occupied by the owner of record. "Dwelling" does not
18include a commercial unit in a mixed-use development, hospital
19or skilled nursing facility, transitory dwelling that is not
20ordinarily occupied by the same tenant for more than 31 days,
21convent or monastery, extended care facility, asylum or
22not-for-profit home for the aged, temporary overnight shelter,
23transitional shelter, dormitory owned and operated by an

 

 

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1elementary school, high school, or institution of higher
2learning, student housing accommodation wherein a housing
3agreement or housing contract is entered into between the
4student and an institution of higher learning or student
5housing wherein the institution exercises control or
6supervision of the student, or student housing owned and
7operated by a tax-exempt organization affiliated with an
8institution of higher learning.
9    "Dwelling unit" refers to any building, structure, or part
10thereof, or land appurtenant thereto, or any other rental
11property rented or offered for rent for residential purposes,
12including any apartment in any building and any trailer or
13mobile manufactured home, together with all common areas and
14recreational facilities held out for use by the tenant.
15"Dwelling unit" does not include a subsidized housing unit or
16unit with rent that is controlled, regulated, or subsidized by
17any governmental unit, agency, or authority.
18    "Landlord" means an owner of record, agent, lessor, or
19sublessor, or the successor in interest of any of them, of a
20dwelling or dwelling unit.
21    "New dwelling unit" means a dwelling unit that has never
22previously been occupied by any tenant or that has not been the
23subject of any rental agreement between any landlord and
24tenant. "New dwelling unit" does not mean a dwelling unit that
25is under new ownership if the dwelling unit has previously
26been occupied by a tenant under a previous landlord or owner.

 

 

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1    "Rent" means the consideration demanded or received in
2connection with the use and occupancy of a dwelling unit.
3"Rent" does not include a security deposit or other fund held
4in trust for the tenant but includes other fees, costs, and
5consideration, regardless of whether they are denominated as
6rent.
7    "Rental agreement" means an agreement, oral, written, or
8implied, between a landlord and tenant for use or occupancy of
9a dwelling unit and associated services.
10    "Subsidized housing" has the meaning given to that term in
11Section 3 of the Subsidized Housing Joint Occupancy Act.
12    "Tenant" means a person entitled by a rental agreement,
13subtenancy approved by the landlord, or by sufferance, to
14occupy a dwelling unit.
 
15    Section 10. Establishment of annual rent increase limit.
16    (a) A landlord may increase the rent no more than once
17every 12 months. A landlord may not increase the rent beyond
18what is permitted by this Section, regardless of whether a
19tenant moves out of, or is otherwise displaced from, the
20dwelling unit, or ownership or management of the dwelling unit
21has changed. If a landlord has not increased the rent within 12
22months before a tenant moves into the dwelling unit, the
23landlord may only increase the rent to the extent allowed by
24this Section.
25    (b) No more than once every 12 months, upon a 90-day

 

 

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1written notice, a landlord may increase the rent for a
2dwelling unit in which a tenant resides by a rate no greater
3than 15%. The permissible percentage change shall be
4calculated using the lowest gross rental rate charged for that
5dwelling unit at any time during the 12 months prior to the
6effective date of the increase.
7    (c) A landlord who temporarily removes a dwelling unit
8from the rental market and later relists the property for rent
9may only increase the rental rate charged for the unit in
10accordance with this Section, regardless of how long the
11dwelling unit is vacant. If the unit is vacant for more than 12
12months, the permissible percentage change shall be calculated
13using the gross rental rate charged when the unit was last
14occupied.
15    (d) If a tenant is the first tenant to occupy a new
16dwelling unit, the 12-month period begins the first month in
17which the rental agreement states the tenant occupied the
18dwelling unit.
19    (e) If a new landlord purchases a dwelling or dwelling
20unit from a landlord with a current rental agreement, the new
21landlord is subject to the same restrictions set forth in this
22Section and the new owner may only increase rent within the
23limits of the 12-month period previously established by the
24former landlord.
 
25    Section 15. Private enforcement.

 

 

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1    (a) The Attorney General may enforce any violation of this
2Act as an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and
3Deceptive Business Practices Act.
4    (b) It is an affirmative defense and counterclaim in any
5eviction action that the landlord has charged rent in excess
6of the amount allowed under this Act.
 
7    Section 20. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
8Practices Act is amended by changing Section 2Z as follows:
 
9    (815 ILCS 505/2Z)  (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262Z)
10    Sec. 2Z. Violations of other Acts. Any person who
11knowingly violates the Automotive Repair Act, the Automotive
12Collision Repair Act, the Home Repair and Remodeling Act, the
13Dance Studio Act, the Physical Fitness Services Act, the
14Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act, the Illinois Union
15Label Act, the Installment Sales Contract Act, the Job
16Referral and Job Listing Services Consumer Protection Act, the
17Travel Promotion Consumer Protection Act, the Credit Services
18Organizations Act, the Automatic Telephone Dialers Act, the
19Pay-Per-Call Services Consumer Protection Act, the Telephone
20Solicitations Act, the Illinois Funeral or Burial Funds Act,
21the Cemetery Oversight Act, the Cemetery Care Act, the Safe
22and Hygienic Bed Act, the Illinois Pre-Need Cemetery Sales
23Act, the High Risk Home Loan Act, the Payday Loan Reform Act,
24the Predatory Loan Prevention Act, the Mortgage Rescue Fraud

 

 

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1Act, subsection (a) or (b) of Section 3-10 of the Cigarette Tax
2Act, subsection (a) or (b) of Section 3-10 of the Cigarette Use
3Tax Act, the Electronic Mail Act, the Internet Caller
4Identification Act, paragraph (6) of subsection (k) of Section
56-305 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, Section 11-1431, 18d-115,
618d-120, 18d-125, 18d-135, 18d-150, or 18d-153 of the Illinois
7Vehicle Code, Article 3 of the Residential Real Property
8Disclosure Act, the Automatic Contract Renewal Act, the
9Reverse Mortgage Act, Section 25 of the Youth Mental Health
10Protection Act, the Personal Information Protection Act, or
11the Student Online Personal Protection Act, or the Rent
12Control Act commits an unlawful practice within the meaning of
13this Act.
14(Source: P.A. 100-315, eff. 8-24-17; 100-416, eff. 1-1-18;
15100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 101-658, eff. 3-23-21.)