Illegal Apartment Inspections

A Cook County Circuit Court judge recently gave renters a voice over mandatory annual inspections of their apartments by local government housing inspectors.

Judge Joel L. Greenblatt of the third municipal district in Rolling Meadows ruled that apartment building owners and managers cannot be forced to allow inspectors to enter individual apartments when tenants aren’t home or decline inspections for privacy reasons. read more »

Never mind that Illinois lost a combined 73,600 jobs last November and December and more than a half million persons in the state remain unemployed.

Never mind that almost every other person currently working is deeply concerned about their job security in this messy economic environment.

If you are renter in Schiller Park, you are expected to stay home from work and risk losing your job so that a housing inspector can come through your apartment for a mandatory, annual apartment inspection. read more »

Apartment renters in Schiller Park made it clear Tuesday night how much they value their constitutional right to privacy.

Several long-time apartment renters told a standing-room-only Village Board meeting that they will move away from Schiller Park if Village housing officials continue insisting on mandatory, annual apartment inspections without cause or court orders. They say the involuntary inspections are an invasion of their privacy and discriminatory. read more »

Apartment renters and owners are encouraged to attend a Village of Schiller Park Board meeting at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10 to protest mandatory annual inspections in the Chicago west suburban community.

The meeting will be held at the Schiller Park Village Hall at 9526 W. Irving Park Rd., in Schiller Park. Attend the meeting and bring your family, friends and neighbors. If one person loses their constitutional right to privacy, everyone loses them.

Check out the News Release distributed this morning through Business Wire.

Renters have no voice over mandatory annual inspections of their apartments in Chicago west suburban Schiller Park. Renters there are viewed as second-rate citizens.

Schiller Park housing officials are pressing on apartment building owners to essentially waive renters’ rights to privacy by forcing them to open apartments doors, with or without the renter’s presence. Denying access to housing inspectors could lead to violations, fines and fees. read more »