Illinois Rent Control Preemption Act
50 ILCS 825 — Rent Control Preemption Act. Illinois's state-level preemption of local rent control ordinances: § 5 prohibits any unit of local government from enacting rent control; § 10 preempts home-rule authority. First-priority preemption row in the IL corpus. Confirmed live 2026-09-08.
Provisions (4)
§ 1
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Rent Control Preemption Act
§ 10
Home rule preemption. A home rule unit may not regulate or control the amount of rent charged for leasing private residential or commercial property. This Section is a denial and limitation of home rule powers and functions under subsection (g) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution
§ 5
Rent control prohibited
§ 99