Illinois REALTORS® is urging state legislators to vote “NO” on HB 2217, a bill that might be called for a vote TODAY.
Contact your senator NOW: Illinois REALTORS® has been engaged in conversations in hopes of making tenant radon proposals fair to all parties to a lease. Unfortunately, none of our suggestions have been accepted, therefore we are opposed to HB2217 that unnecessarily:
- Gives all tenants the ability to terminate their obligations under a lease at ANY point during the tenancy, even after being given a fair opportunity to test the property, and refusing to do so within a fair amount of time even for tenants above the third floor where radon cannot reach.
- Allows tenants to break a lease, especially midway through the lease or later which an abrupt termination will be especially burdensome to small landlords.
The current law requires a landlord to disclose that a radon hazard exists if the landlord does a radon test and finds that there is a radon hazard in the unit. Current law also requires a landlord to make that same disclosure to future tenants if the current tenant conducts a radon test that indicates a radon hazard in the dwelling unit. We recommend amending current law, not creating a new act.
Fairness needs to be provided to both parties to a lease, including the landlord, when both parties have entered into an agreement with full knowledge of the obligations of the terms of the lease and a fair opportunity to inspect the condition of the property. This fairness to all parties is reasonable, and it is what REALTORS® have been asking for and negotiating in good faith for in this legislation. Unfortunately, this fairness is still lacking in the current form of this legislation, therefore we urge you to tell your senator to OPPOSE HB 2217.
Please send a message NOW urging your senator to OPPOSE HB 2217.
