DEPLOYMENT NOTICE! Act or risk being sued for using credit checks.
Two dangerous bills are moving through the Illinois House. HB5386 and HB5394 threaten the way you manage your business. We need every housing provider to submit Witness Slips immediately. Your voice is the only thing that can stop these pieces of legislation.
What These Bills Change
Currently, Illinois law focuses on intentional discrimination. These bills change the definition to include "effect." This means a policy could be a civil rights violation even if you had no bad intent. It applies to employment, financial credit, and public accommodations.
Why This Hurts Housing Providers
These changes create significant risks for your rental business:
- Liability for neutral policies: Standard screening tools like credit checks could be labeled as discriminatory.
- Increased legal costs: Proving that a policy's "effect" was necessary is very expensive.
- Subjective traps: The bills include "perceived" status. This makes it impossible to know if you are in compliance.
- Massive micromanagement: These laws allow the state to second-guess your every move.
Submit Your Witness Slip Now
The House Immigration & Human Rights Committee needs to hear from you. Please take two minutes to file a Witness Slip against both bills. Follow the links provided below.
This is the time for action!
Housing providers must stand together to stop this overreach. If you've submitted Witness Slips in the past, then with the use of auto-completion, filing an individual slip takes only seconds!
These bills have the potential to negatively impact many businesses. To whom else should you forward this message? Send it to them now, please!