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Security: It’s Not “Just a Girl Thing” Anymore
In my quest to find a new apartment in Chicago many years ago, I remember asking a potential landlord if he could please change the locks prior to my move in.  I explained to him that I was a single girl living alone, and I would feel more comfortable knowing there were no duplicate keys to my apartment floating around.  The landlord responded: “Oh, that’s just a girl thing.  Don’t worry your pretty little head about anything – we’ve never had any trouble in this building before.”  Well, I ended up taking the apartment anyway.  And luckily, the landlord was right -- nothing bad ever happened.  Yet, as years passed, I noticed more and more landlords implementing a company policy of rekeying locks between tenants.  However, this policy seemed to pertain mostly to larger property management companies.  Now, this policy has become a law in Illinois for most residential property landlords. Even if you only rent out your own properties, you should know about this.  As of January 1, 2012, Illinois has enacted a law which requires landlords in counties with populations in excess of 3 million people to change or rekey the locks for rental units at the beginning of ... more

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