RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago has experienced a significant growth over the last decade in the number of community associations, including condominiums, co-ops, and homeowners associations, with new associations, developments and condo conversions being added steadily in nearly every Chicago neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, the Office of the City Clerk makes available to the public a Landlord Tenant Rights pamphlet that has increasingly been requested with the rise in apartment complexes being converted to condominiums and with the increase in condominium developments allowing renters; and
WHEREAS, constituents often convey a confusion as to their rights and resources available to them as landlords, tenants, or Board of Directors with renters in their condominium developments; and
WHEREAS, coordinating services to community associations and condominium developers can be a challenge for the city, which regulates and interacts with these associations through any v., number of city departments; and
WHEREAS, community associations are regulated by a complex series of laws and individual building governing documents that can result in redundancies and inefficiencies when the city coordinates services for these associations; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the city to have well-trained community associations and for the city to collect timely and accurate information concerning the needs of these associations as they interact with and oversee portions of the work of community associations in the City; and
WHEREAS, there is no central database of community associations in the city to ensure associations are kept apprised of changes in the Municipal Code and other city policies that impact their associations on a daily basis; and
WHEREAS, increasingly many associations are self-managed, with nearly all management authority vested in a volunteer Board of Directors who act in the best interest of their buildings, are financially prudent, and are responsive to ...
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