1srelluc
Diamond Member
Beginning Jan. 1, 2024, protections go into place in the Illinois Human Rights Act for housing regarding immigration status and discriminatory advertising. The law will add immigration status as a protected class.This is the 2nd or 3rd thread on this, and all are fake news.
Nobody is being forced to do anything, it just cannot the the only reason you do not rent to them.
It is a pretty easy thing to avoid, require credit check and proof of income and BOOM you now have a reason not to rent to most of them.
Read the law:
It seems pretty clear that in IL you can't deny renting, leasing, or sale to a illegal based on their immigration status.....If I'm reading it right (I'm not a lawyer) you can't even ask about their immigration status.
From what I understand of the situation it's the "immigrant" .orgs (backed by the fed money) that is actually footing the bill as it would stand to reason that a "immigrant" would not have a credit history to check as far as denial on that ground goes so in effect landlords are being forced to rent/lease to them. Just force by another angle.
LOL....To add insult to injury it reads like sex offenders have the same "rights".