While I very respectfully disagree with @John Clark that Illinois itself is, as of today, anti-landlord -- it may trend that way (if some current state legislators have their way) and Chicago and Cook County currently are not particularly hospitable to landlords.

COVID has resulted in a lot of emergency legislation being passed which allows Remote Online Notarization.

If you want something with no risk or low risk buy a savings bond or open a money market account and sell the house to someone who can actually live in it. there is going to have to be major national legislation passed to stop this kind of nonsense.

The perception that landlords are all greedy is popular, and one that can lead to legislative changes.

You can read more about that here:https://a17.asmdc.org/issue/ab-1482-frequently-asked-questionshttps://cal-rha.org/legislative/ab-1482/Ultimately, if they refused to leave, the only way to legally remove them is through an eviction. 

They’re industry leaders when it comes tonavigating the constant legislative changes the city and the state pass.

This is sad to see as it appears your local governing body is submitting to State influenced legislation.

In contrast to the 1930's, we do not have too much bad legislation getting in the way of this experiment (e.g.

They’re much more lax on legislation and building issues.

https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/senator-warren-reps-chuy-garca-and-lee-introduce-legislation-to-extend-nation-wide-moratorium-on-evictionsTake action to stop this.