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Oak Park studies revisions to rental licensing, training and fair-housing enforcement after HOPE testing
Summary
Staff presented proposed amendments to Chapter 12 (rental licensing) and related sections to implement training, reporting and enforcement changes recommended following testing by HOPE Fair Housing. Trustees asked for clearer enforcement pathways, tenant outreach strategies, and more frequent demographic data; staff will revise and return.
Oak Park village staff on June 3 led a study-session review of proposed amendments to the village’s rental-licensing code and related tenant-landlord and human-rights provisions, aimed at addressing findings from fair-housing testing by the Hope Fair Housing Center.
Assistant Village Manager Jonathan Birch said the changes are intended to operationalize recommendations from HOPE’s testing and to align Chapter 12 (rental licensing), the RTLO (residential tenant–landlord ordinance) and portions of the village human-rights ordinance. The proposals would not raise existing license fees, Birch said; they focus on training, reporting and clearer enforcement procedures.
Key proposals and board concerns: - Annual training: the draft requires the village’s “big three” housing actors — property owners, property managers or agents — to complete an…
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