Bill Title: Creates the Keep Illinois Home Act. Creates the Residential Rental Registry. Provides that no person shall allow to be occupied, rent to another for occupancy, or charge, accept, or retain rent for any dwelling unit unless the landlord has duly registered the dwelling unit with the Illinois Housing Development Authority. Includes provisions on the form of registration, failure to register, and the administration and enforcement of registry. Establishes the Right to Counsel Program for the purpose of providing any covered individual with legal representation at no cost in a covered matter. Requires the judicial branch to contract with or enter a memorandum of agreement with an administering entity to administer the Right to Counsel Program. Provides that the administering entity, within the funding available to it for the Right to Counsel Program, shall fund the provision of legal representation by designated organizations. Provides that a designated organization may subcontract with a nonprofit or community organization to provide legal representation to a covered individual and to provide tenant outreach and education. Provides that a landlord who is found liable in a judicial or administrative proceeding, including an eviction action, to a tenant of a dwelling unit for charging an amount of rent for that dwelling unit in excess of that allowed under this Act shall pay the prevailing tenant damages equal to 3 times the total monthly rent charged, together with the actual damages, the tenant's costs, and reasonable attorney's fees. Creates a Tenant Bill of Rights. Contains provisions relating to the Small Rental Property Owner Repairs and Improvement Fund. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act adding a rental property capital improvement credit. Amends the State Finance Act, Code of Civil Procedure, Condominium Property Act, and Rent Control Preemption Act making conforming and other changes. Repeals the Retaliatory Eviction Act. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-09 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh [HB3709 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

---

Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Lakesia Collins [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-005	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Hoan Huynh [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-013	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

Social Comments on IL HB3709