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Yearly Lease expires 3/31/2023. How to evict tenant who will not leave? Any lawyer?
I have a tenant in a basement apartment of a three flat in Cook county suburb. He always resists rent increases, tries to withhold money, tries to push remodels that I refuse now. A few years ago, I did some remodeling for him while he was living there eg., new flooring, some counters, a new fridge etc thinking that he will be a good long term tenant. But he proved otherwise. His rent is at least 10-12% below market even after proposed increase. He has been there 4 years and has always been a pain. I want him out because lease is expiring. He did not agree to proposed rent increase of $30 which will make his rent to $810. His attitude is to get maximum benefit and pay least rent. He is using common laundry room as his personal storage and parking an extra car in his spot without consideration for other tenants. He changed his apartment lock to a numbered lock without asking me. So far I tolerated him but I am not willing to do that anymore. Can someone recommend a Chicago lawyer? Anybody with any ideas is welcome.
Thanks