IL Will No Longer Allow Landlords to Consider Potential Tenants’ Immigration Status

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Liberal State Will No Longer Allow Landlords to Consider Potential Tenants’ Immigration Status

Madeline Leesman
July 15, 2023

A law that will go into effect in 2024 will ban landlords in Illinois from considering immigration status for potential tenants.

Last month, Democratic Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed S.B. 1817, known as the “Illinois Human Rights Act,” which added illegal immigrants as a protected class. Going forward, landlords are prohibited from discriminating against potential tenants who are illegal immigrants. It will go into effect on Jan. 1.

“This law sets clear boundaries, protecting the rights of immigrants and ensuring that financial institutions and service providers cannot engage in discriminatory practices,” state Sen. Ann Gillespie, a Democrat, said in a statement. “Putting these protections in place will promote fairness to ensure people are not unjustly denied housing.”

Gillespie’s press release noted that third party loan modification service providers cannot refuse to engage in loan services or alter the terms of the service based on someone’s immigration status.

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Source:  https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2023/07/15/liberal-state-will-no-longer-allow-landlords-to-ask-about-immigration-status-n2625684

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Illinois seems to be in a race with California, New York, and Massachusetts as to which one will get the craziest and hit the bottom first...