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Adding Insult to Injury: Evicted After Domestic Violence
An article in the Chicago Tribune describes how after Kathy Cleaves-Milan’s then-live-in boyfriend had brandished a gun and promised to end both of their lives, the managers of her Elmhurst apar… more →
The Eviction Blog
Adding Insult to Injury: Evicted After Domestic Violence
wrote 2 months ago: An article in the Chicago Tribune describes how after Kathy Cleaves-Milan’s then-live-in boyfr … more →
The Prejudgment Claim of Right to Possession
wrote 3 months ago: Sometimes the landlord will attach a Prejudgment Claim of Right to Possession to the unlawful detai … more →
I Can't Afford to be Evicted
wrote 3 months ago: If your landlord is evicting you it’s probably because you can’t pay your rent. If you c … more →
When A Landlord's Rental Property Is Being Foreclosed
wrote 3 months ago: In the past, a foreclosure invalidated a lease. Thus for example, if a landlord purchased a house at … more →
Husband and Wife: Till Eviction Do Us Part
wrote 3 months ago: Here is a random bit of trivia. Assume a landlord is trying to evict a husband and wife. The landlor … more →
Rent Control and Illegal Leases
wrote 3 months ago: Derek Bok, former President of Harvard University said, “If you think education is expensive, … more →
Rent Control
wrote 3 months ago: Some cities and municipalities have enacted rent control. Rent control laws generally limit how much … more →
Unlawful Detainer Registries: Registries Aren't Just For Sex Offenders
wrote 3 months ago: Aside from being forced to move, the effect of an eviction in the information age is now even more f … more →
Affirmative Defenses: Miscellaneous
wrote 3 months ago: Finally, there are some defenses that rarely arise, but if they do an attorney ought to assert on a … more →
Affirmative Defenses: Retaliation and Discrimination
wrote 3 months ago: While rare, some landlords are unscrupulous. Such landlords may try to evict a tenant as retaliatio … more →
Affirmative Defenses: Complaint
wrote 3 months ago: A tenant may also try to raise some affirmative defenses against the complaint itself. Again, this i … more →
Affirmative Defenses: Notice
wrote 3 months ago: As I said in my last post, the answer is the proper place for the tenant to assert affirmative defen … more →
The Unlawful Detainer Answer
wrote 3 months ago: Once the tenant receives an unlawful detainer complaint he should consult with a lawyer immediately. … more →
The Unlawful Detainer
wrote 3 months ago: Assuming that the three days has passed, the landlord will file an unlawful detainer action in super … more →
Respond To The Three-Day Notice (Umm . . . Within Three Days)
wrote 3 months ago: So you’ve been served with a three-day notice and you know exactly what it is from reading my … more →
The Notices
wrote 3 months ago: There are several types of notices that a landlord can give a tenant. Notices to Quit or Vacate. In … more →
Help! I'm Being Evicted
wrote 3 months ago: This blog will describe the process of an eviction first from the tenant’s point of view, then … more →
Casa Merah Pics!
wrote 4 months ago: Just visited Casa Merah this morning! I had to have my hair tied up the whole time… It was so … more →
CASA MERAH HAS TOP!
wrote 4 months ago: GREAT NEWS EVERYONE!! CASA MERAH HAS TOP! Keys have been collected for some blocks! Do call me for m … more →
