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Illinois Realtors urges targeted rental registration, warns against broad landlord mandates in Tinley Park
Summary
At the Jan. 6 Committee of the Whole meeting, Nora Gruenberg of the Illinois Realtors praised Trustee Shaw’s rental-regulation proposal and urged the village to adopt low-cost rental registration and targeted enforcement rather than broad fee increases or blanket inspection mandates, citing CMAP data showing Tinley Park’s rental rate near 12%.
Nora Gruenberg, government affairs director for the Illinois Realtors, urged Tinley Park trustees on Jan. 6 to start with low-cost rental registration and targeted, complaint-driven enforcement if the village pursues changes to its rental regulations.
Addressing the Committee of the Whole, Gruenberg thanked Trustee Zacchaeus Shaw for introducing proposals at the Dec. 16 meeting and said the Realtors want to help Tinley Park balance landlord accountability with housing affordability. "We would love to participate in discussions and the development of any new rental housing policy," she said, offering the association’s data and best-practice models.
Gruenberg warned that broad fee increases, blanket inspection mandates, ownership caps or layered licensing requirements could raise rents, reduce housing supply and push out small and midsize local landlords. She recommended using existing frameworks — including the Illinois Landlord Retaliation Act, the Cook County residential landlord and tenant ordinance, fair housing laws, and Tinley Park’s crime-free rental housing program — to avoid duplication or legal conflicts.
Citing CMAP (Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning) data, Gruenberg said Tinley Park’s rental rate is about 12% and could rise to roughly 16% if unregistered units are included; she contrasted that with a national average near 30–33%. She urged the committee to protect small local operators while focusing enforcement on problem properties rather than compliant landlords.
There was no recorded formal response from trustees during the public-comment period. The comment closed without immediate action; the committee later adjourned.
What was said (selected quote) "Using existing frameworks governing rental housing ... can help to avoid duplication, overreach, and other unintended consequences that can raise costs, limit housing access, or conflict with private property rights," Gruenberg said.
Next steps: The comment was part of item 9 (public comment) and does not by itself change policy. Trustees may incorporate public input in further discussion or future agenda items.
