Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced today that the City of Chicago is poised to take the first step against negligent residential building owners identified on the new Problem Landlord List. This week the City will begin mailing letters to problem landlords, notifying them of their placement on the list and the consequences they have earned for failing to provide basic services and protections for their tenants.
Those on the Problem Landlord List will be warned that they face added penalties that take effect on March 28, 2015. Those penalties include being ineligible for City land, zoning changes, business licenses, and any building permits unrelated to addressing their violations. The worst cases may even be taken to court for forfeiture, in which some landlords could lose their properties to third parties.
Along with the letter, problem landlords will receive information on all open violations in the City’s records for the property that earned them a spot on the list, along with the steps they must take to be removed from the list.
The Problem Landlord List, first published last week, identifies residential building owners that have been repeatedly cited for failing to provide tenants with basic services and protections, such as adequate heat, hot water, and working smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. Since its posting on January 26, 2016, the website has been viewed over 150,000 times.
The list and an interactive map of the properties are available online at: http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/bldgs/supp_info/building-code-scofflaw-list.html
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