In Chicago you may be able to break your lease and get your security deposit back.
| If the Chicago Residential Landlord & Tenant Ordinance (RLTO) applies to a Chicago rental, there may be ways a renter can terminate the lease early. |
Even if you signed a lease for a year or more, breaking a residential apartment, condo, or house rental lease in Chicago may be an option. If you want to break your Chicago apartment lease, an attorney should review all of the pages you were given when you first signed your lease or renewal. From this information an attorney should be able to determine whether or not you are entitled to terminate your rental agreement ("break the lease"). Sometimes additional investigation into the building's housing code compliance history and your current living conditions yields a basis for legally terminating a Chicago lease.
An attorney can also make sure you get your security deposit back after the lease is legally terminated, as long as you did not cause excessive damage or dirtiness to the rented unit, or owe too much back-rent.
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