CONTENTS of Tenant Handbook               

BEFORE YOU SIGN A LEASE

• Looking for Housing (and cost for U of I students)
• Apartment Hunter's Checklist
• Beware of Putting Down Money to Hold an Apartment
• Check Complaint Records
• Discrimination
• Houses
• Military Release
• No Lease
• Occupancy Standards and Zoning Regulations (including 4 person limit for houses)
• Parking
• Renewal of Lease
• Renter's Insurance
• Roommates
• Security and Safety
• Signing A Lease
  Negotiating Lease Changes; Lease Checklist; Sample Lease Clauses; Potential Lease Problems
• Utilities and Services

PREVENTING AND DEALING WITH PROBLEMS

• Breaking Your Lease and Rent Withholding
• Carbon Monoxide Detectors
• Damage Deposits & Interest on Deposits
• Eviction
• Filing a Complaint at Tenant Union
• Finding a Subtenant
• Legal Help
• Mobile Homes
• Moving In
• Moving Out
• Noise and Disturbances
• Phone Numbers
• Privacy and Landlord's Access
• Rental Registration in Urbana
• Repair Problems and Housing Codes in Champaign and Urbana
• Sexual Assault & Domestic Violence at Your Home
• Snow Removal
• Subleasing
• Urbana Landlord-Tenant Ordinance

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