Unfair Eviction? What should you do if your landlord starts eviction process after receiving rental assistance payment - WLS-TV

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- Many radical whitethorn beryllium struggling to wage their rent. The I-Team spoke to 1 pistillate who paid hers with the assistance of authorities assistance money, lone to person her landlord commencement eviction proceedings soon aft getting that funding.

"I shouldn't person to interest astir having to find different spot to unrecorded and being evicted," said Jeanette Viti.

Viti, an adjunct teacher with 5 kids, said her landlord received $6,650 successful national money, distributed by Chicago's Department of Family and Support Services. The wealth paid rent from December 2021 done June 2022. Viti besides showed receipts that she said shows she paid rent for her Austin vicinity flat successful July and August. However Viti inactive received a last announcement of eviction dated August 22, from her landlord, Eugene Vdovychenko.

"This programme is expected to assistance radical not go homeless," Viti said. "For him to instrumentality vantage of that concern is incorrect of him he's got his wealth helium should not beryllium evicting me."

Viti present has an lawyer done Legal Aid Chicago. The lawyer filed a question to combat the eviction order. It claims that arsenic portion arsenic the landlord's information successful a rental assistance programme helium agreed to "cease each eviction proceedings," adding that caller rental assistance wealth covered her rent.

The question besides disputes a past judgement against Viti that said she owed rent and tribunal costs, saying her rent was covered by that national backing and her payments.

"I can't slumber sometimes, I aftermath up a batch you cognize implicit truthful galore times successful a play successful the night," Viti said.

The I-Team emailed, texted, sent letters and called the landlord but did not perceive back.

The I-Team besides reached retired to the landlord's attorney, who said Viti present owes astir $2,700 successful rent wealth owed successful the past 2 and a fractional months, since Viti stopped paying rent lone aft the eviction notice.

Viti said her lawyer advised her not to wage until the substance is resolved.

John Bartlett said his organization, the Metropolitan Tenant's Organization, has received akin complaints from tenants.

"If the landlord is getting the wealth they are not expected to beryllium evicting you," helium said.

The metropolis bureau that distributed national Department of Housing wealth to Viti's landlord told the I-Team that "landlords hold to instantly cease each eviction proceedings for the months successful which they enactment successful the program."

If your landlord has received pandemic assistance wealth from The U.S. Treasury Department, the rules are similar. The DOT said It encourages landlords who get funds to not evict for non-payment of rent for 30 to 90 days aft the play covered by rental assistance.

"You ever privation to papers everything that's going on. If you get a enactment from the bureau that you received the wealth papers it," Bartlett said.

"I person been stateless successful the past and I don't privation to beryllium determination with my kids. My kids should not person to beryllium homeless," Viti said.

Viti's lawyer precocious helped her scope a colony with her landlord. It ends each eviction proceedings and it waived immoderate existent rent due. Viti agreed to vacate the portion by December 16.

If you're successful a akin concern you tin scope retired to Chicago Legal Aid.