Illinois Summary of Rights for Safer Homes Act
765 ILCS 752 — Summary of Rights for Safer Homes Act. Requires a landlord to attach a summary of housing protections for survivors of domestic and sexual violence as the first page of each written residential lease and obtain the tenant's signed acknowledgment; sets statutory damages for non-compliance. Effective 2026-01-01. 8 sections (§§ 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 99). ActID=4533 verified live 2026-11-02. Approved 2026-11-02 by James Sinclair via Viktor.
Provisions (8)
§ 1
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Summary of Rights for Safer Homes Act
§ 10
Definitions. As used in this Act: "Domestic violence" means "abuse" as defined in Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 by a "family or household member" as defined in Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. "Landlord" means the owner of the building or the owner's agent for matters concerning the landlord's leasing of a dwelling. "Sexual violence" means any act of sexual assault, sexual abuse, or stalking of an adult or minor child. This includes, but is not limited to, non-consensual sexual conduct or non-consensual sexual penetration as defined in the Civil No Contact Order Act and the offense of stalking, aggravated stalking, criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, criminal sexual abuse, and aggravated criminal sexual abuse as those offenses are described in the Criminal Code of 2012. "Tenant" means a person who has entered into a written lease with a landlord in which the person is the lessee under the lease
§ 15
Summary of Illinois housing protections for survivors of domestic violence and sexual violence and acknowledgment of receipt of summary form
§ 20
Disclosure of summary to tenants and obtaining acknowledgment of receipt. A landlord or a landlord's agent shall attach a copy of the summary of this Act as the first page of any written residential lease they enter into with a tenant, including for a new rental or renewal, and obtain the signature of each tenant in the acknowledgment of receipt at the bottom of each page of the summary
§ 25
Evidence of attachment of summary and delivery of summary to tenants under written residential leases
§ 30
Failure to comply with the Act's requirements
§ 5
Legislative intent. The purpose of this Act is to promote the State's interest in enabling more victims of domestic or sexual violence and their families to become timely aware of the existing housing protections they have under 6 Illinois statutes and how to exercise their rights under these statutes. By requiring that a summary of these rights appear on page 1 of each residential lease, more tenants will become timely aware of these rights and how to exercise them. This will lead to safer homes and greater financial security for more victims of domestic or sexual violence and their families
§ 99