Tenants and Landlords

The following resources are available for both tenents and landlords in the 47th Ward. If you have questions or concerns regarding your rights as a tenant or about your obligations as a landlord, you should contact one of the numbers listed below.

Government resources are also provided that can offer assistance if you are in between housing or if you are in a legal matter regarding your housing.

Hotlines

Metropolitan Tenants Organization
Citywide Tenants Rights Hotline
773-292-4988
http://www.cnt.org/%7Emto

Chicagoland Apartment Association Landlord Hotline
773-227-7766
http://www.caapts.org/

Chicago Renters Rights Resource Hotline
312-742-RENT

Discrimination

Commission on Human Relations (all discrimination complaints)
312-744-4111

Access Living (disability 226-1687TDD-hearing impaired)
312-226-5900

Leadership Council (race or referral)
800-659-6736

John Marshall Law School Fair Housing Legal clinic
312-353-6236

Government Agencies

Department of Human Services (emergency shelter)
Please call 311

Chicago Housing Authority (Public Housing and Sec. 8)
Please call 311

Housing & Urban Development (H.U.D. for subsidized housing)
312-768-2267 x2040

Department of Consumer Services (sec. Deposit & utility theft complaints)
312-744-9400

Cook County States Attorney Consumer Fraud
312-345-2400

Cook County Recorder of Deeds
312-443-6253

Pro Sec Court, Rm 602, Daley Center (for claims up to $1500)
312-603-5626

Small Claims Court ( for claims between $1500 to $5000)
312-603-5145

Circuit Court Clerk's Office (to find out if you're being sued)
312-603-6486

Officer of Professional Standards (to file complaint against police)
800-524-0795

IL Commerce Commission (regulates utility providers)
1-800-252-2873