Geneva — Title 6 Ch. 6 Fair Housing § 6-6-6

A. Any person discriminated against, as provided in section 6-6-4 of this chapter shall file a written complaint presenting his grievance to the community relations commission. The complaint must be filed within thirty (30) days of the alleged prohibited acts, and shall state the name and address of the complainant and of the person against whom the complaint is brought, and shall also state the allegations substantiating the alleged discriminatory act.
B. After the filing of the complaint, the community relations commission shall investigate the complaint filed. If the commission determines that the respondent has not engaged in an unlawful practice, it shall state its findings of fact in writing and dismiss the complaint. If the commission determines, after investigation, that probable cause exists for the allegations made in the complaint, the commission shall set a date for a conciliation hearing. At such hearing the commission shall interview the complainant and the person against whom the complaint has been directed, and shall attempt to resolve the complaint by all proper methods of conciliation and persuasion. If such attempts at conciliation are not successful within twenty (20) days after the filing of the complaint, the commission shall then proceed promptly with a full hearing of the complaint.
C. The hearing provided for herein shall be conducted by the community relations commission, or by any three (3) members thereof designated by the chair, upon reasonable notice being given to all parties. The person charged with having engaged in or engaging in the discriminatory act shall have the right to file an answer to the complaint and to appear at the hearing in person and be represented by counsel and to submit testimony. The complainant shall be allowed to present testimony in person or by counsel. The commission shall have full power to subpoena witnesses and pertinent documents, which power may be enforced by the commission by proper petition to any court of competent jurisdiction. The commission shall have power to administer oaths and to take sworn testimony. At the conclusion of the hearings, the commission shall render a written report and recommendations which shall be served by mail upon the complainant and the respondent. No report shall be delayed more than fifteen (15) days after the date of the issuance of notice for the commencement of the first hearing.
D. The community relations commission shall be empowered at the conclusion of such hearings and as part of its report to recommend to the city council that the respondent be fined, and further recommend the suspension or revocation of the broker's license issued by the city. A broker whose license has been suspended or revoked by the city, or any respondent found guilty of one of the prohibited acts under this chapter, shall have the right to appeal from such order or suspension in accordance with the procedures specified in the administrative review act of the state of Illinois. [10]
E. A complainant whose complaint is dismissed at any stage of the administrative proceedings set out in this section may request the city council to overrule the findings and the decision of the community relations commission wherein the complaint was dismissed. In the event the city council does not overrule the findings and the decision of the community relations commission wherein the complaint was dismissed, then the complainant shall have the right to appeal from such findings and decision in accordance with the procedures specified in the administrative review act of the state of Illinois.