tenant illinois covid-19
Tenant lost the job because of covid-19 and unable to pay the rent. Now what?
<p>I own a condo apartment in Schaumburg Illinois. The tenant has lost her job because of COVID-2019 and is unable to pay the rent. I however have to pay the monthly installments as mortgage for this house.</p>

<p>What are the options for me? Can i terminate the lease which currently ends on October 2020? Is there a law where i can evict the tenant?</p>

<p>Any eviction order (for non-payment) <a href="https://www.cookcountysheriff.org/swap-precautions/" rel="noreferrer">will not be enforced</a> by the sheriff (<a href="https://www.cookcountysheriff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/GAO2020-01.pdf" rel="noreferrer">as ordered by the court</a>), and that is how evictions would happen. This is also required under the governor's <a href="https://www2.illinois.gov/Pages/Executive-Orders/ExecutiveOrder2020-10.aspx" rel="noreferrer">order of March 20</a>. Foreclosure entails eviction – though the order prohibits the enforcement of an associated eviction order, and doesn't prohibit starting action against a property owner. Theoretically, you could file for eviction against your tenant and at some point the petition could be granted, and the sheriff would enforce it. Those are the current legal options. Current (optimistic) projections are that evictions could happen in the second half of May.</p>
