Originally published by City Bureau on October 7, 2020 / Updated January 29, 2021
Federal eviction moratorium
To qualify, every adult renter in the unit must sign and submit to their landlord this Tenant Declaration Form (Spanish version and Arabic/Chinese/Hindi/Tagalog/Polish version) stating that they meet these four conditions:
A landlord must give their tenant a copy of the declaration form before they can issue a five-day eviction notice to begin the eviction process. Without a signed declaration form, landlords can begin the eviction process.
How come evictions haven’t stopped?
Even if an eviction case gets dismissed, the filing itself becomes part of a person’s public record and impacts their future chances of renting. In a 2018 report, Housing Action Illinois noted that Cook County landlords often refuse to rent to people with eviction filings against them.
