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Noon – 1:15pm

TLG Properties

Moderator

Joe Moore Strategies

Panelist

Sphere Public Relations

Panelist

Sparrow Public Affairs

Panelist

If adopted, the ordinance would make sweeping and damaging changes to Chicago’s Residential Landlord Tenant Ordinance. These changes would make it harder for responsible housing providers to manage their properties, address problem tenants, and maintain safe, high-quality housing. A summary of some of the most harmful provisions appears at the bottom of this email.

A competing ordinance, the “Fair and Accountable Illinois Rental Ordinance” (FAIR), has been introduced by the City Council’s Budget Accountability Coalition, a group of approximately 22 aldermen who have consistently challenged the Mayor. While FAIR is far less harmful than the Mayor’s proposal, it still includes provisions that raise serious concerns for housing providers. FAIR may be considered by the City Council’s Zoning Committee, chaired by Ald. Gilbert Villegas, one of the coalition’s leaders, at its next meeting on September 23, the day before the City Council meeting.

The Neighborhood Building Owners Alliance (NBOA) and our industry partners are fighting back. We are meeting directly with aldermen, issuing Calls to Action, and executing an aggressive social media strategy to make clear that this ordinance would harm housing providers, tenants, and neighborhoods alike. Our efforts are strengthened every day by the thousands of housing providers and community stakeholders who understand what is at stake.

At the same time, we are working closely with our City Council allies to address the troubling provisions in FAIR and ensure that any alternative proposal protects both tenants and the housing providers who make neighborhood rental housing possible.

NBOA is sponsoring an important informational meeting to brief you on the status of both proposals and explain exactly how you can help defeat the Mayor’s deeply harmful ordinance. NBOA Board member Eugene Lee, Managing Partner of TLG Properties, will lead a panel discussion with NBOA lobbyists Joe Moore and Adriann Murawski, and publicist Myk Snider.

Please make every effort to attend. Your voice matters, and your participation is essential to stopping this proposal.

Sincerely,

Mike Glasser

President

Neighborhood Building Owners Alliance

Mayor Johnson’s PRO would impose burdensome new regulations on housing providers and limit our ability to operate effectively, maintain our properties, and respond to real problems in our buildings. Below are some of its most onerous provisions:

·      “Just Cause Eviction:” PRO will give tenants a perpetual right to renew their lease if they pay rent on time and comply with the lease agreement. This would strip housing providers of the ability to non-renew a lease unless they prove in court that a tenant has materially violated the lease. In practical terms, housing providers would be forced into costly, time-consuming eviction proceedings before they could remove problem tenants who disrupt buildings or threaten the stability of a property.

·      Relocation assistance: PRO would require housing providers to pay tenants thousands of dollars in relocation assistance simply to regain possession of their own property, creating another costly mandate that will ultimately make it harder to provide affordable neighborhood housing.

·      Rental registry: PRO would create a new City bureaucracy with the power to investigate and penalize alleged RLTO violations, funded by an annual fee of up to $60 per unit imposed on housing providers.

·      Ban move-in fees and cap security deposits: PRO would ban move-in fees and other fees labeled as “junk fees,” while capping security deposits at one month’s rent. These restrictions would reduce flexibility, increase compliance burdens, and make it more difficult for housing providers to manage risk responsibly.

You need not wait until our Zoom call on September 1 to register your objection to PRO.



Click below to take action. It should only take you a few minutes, though we urge you to express your sentiments on the message that we already crafted.

Edgewater Uptown Builders Association (EUBA)

Greater Austin Development Association (GADA)

Lakeview Developers Association (LDA)

Latino Real Estate Investors Council (LREIC)

Lincoln Park Builders of Chicago (LPBC)

North Suburban Housing Providers (NSHP)

Northwest Side Building Coalition (NSBC)

Rogers Park Builders Group (RPBG)

South Side Community Investment Association (SSCIA)

Southside Builders Association (SSBA)

Southwest Housing Providers Group (SWHPG)

West Suburban Building Owners Association (WSBOA)

Neighborhood Building Owners Alliance is a 501(c)4 tax-exempt organization.

Accordingly, contributions are not deductible as charitable donations.

We need your urgent help to defeat the Protect Renters Ordinance (PRO) sponsored by Mayor Brandon Johnson.

PRO would impose burdensome new regulations on housing providers and greatly limit our ability to operate effectively. Below are some of its more onerous provisions:

• “Just Cause Eviction:” PRO provides tenants with a perpetual right to renew their lease so long as they pay their rent on time and comply with the lease agreement. This would prevent housing providers from non-renewing a lease unless they can prove in court that a tenant has materially violated the lease. In short, housing providers will lose the ability to remove problem tenants without a costly and lengthy eviction process. In other words, Just Cause would force you to renew the leases of all your tenants — even for people who disturb and harass their neighbors, or who engage in criminal behavior — or pay them $10,000 or ten months rent to leave.

•  Relocation assistance: PRO would require housing providers to pay tenants thousands of dollars in relocation assistance in order to move them out of a building.

• Rental registry: PRO would create a new City bureaucracy to investigate and penalize alleged violations of the RLTO, funded by an annual fee assessed against housing providers of up to $60 per unit.

• Ban move-in fees and cap security deposits: PRO would ban move-in fees and other fees characterized as “junk fees” while capping security deposits at one month’s rent.

The stakes couldn’t be higher. The City Council members need to hear directly from housing providers and their allies.

Please join our Call to Action by emailing every member of the City Council and urging them to oppose Mayor Johnson’s PRO.

We have made this easy. You can send one of the prepared messages or, for greater impact, write your own email explaining how PRO would harm your ability to provide and manage housing.



Sincerely,

Michael Glasser

President

Neighborhood Building Owners Alliance 

Edgewater Uptown Builders Association (EUBA)

Greater Austin Development Association (GADA)

Lakeview Developers Association (LDA)

Latino Real Estate Investors Council (LREIC)

Lincoln Park Builders of Chicago (LPBC)

North Suburban Housing Providers (NSHP)

Northwest Side Building Coalition (NSBC)

Rogers Park Builders Group (RPBG)

South Side Community Investment Association (SSCIA)

Southside Builders Association (SSBA)

Southwest Housing Providers (SWHPG)

West Suburban Building Owners Association (WSBOA)

Last Thursday night, 800 housing providers filled a room to send one message: neighborhood housing is vital to Chicago’s continued health, and the NBOA is THE voice of the industry.

We are thrilled that many elected officials and candidates for office joined us, and we thank them for attending.

If you were there, thank you. You made the case louder than any op-ed could.

If you missed it, here’s how to stay in the fight: visit our action page and tell your alderman where you stand on PRO. It takes less than a minute, no login required.

Finally, thanks to all of you who served as Sponsors to this event. It is your support that keeps our organization viable and impactful.

Please take a few minutes, scroll down and study this list. Take the time and get to know these sponsors, thank them for generously supporting the neighborhood multifamily housing industry and consider doing business with them!

Finally, I’m sure most of you know that a handful of protestors showed up outside, trying to disrupt our event, an effort, I’m sure we all agree, failed. Yet, the protest serves as a reminder of why NBOA’s work telling our story in the media and through our lobbying professionals is so important—and a clear sign that what we are doing is having an impact.

Michael Glasser

NBOA President

Michael Slater

Soiree 2026 Chair

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To mark our 20th Neighborhood Building Owners Alliance Advocacy Breakfast, we are departing from our usual practice of hosting an alderman and instead focusing our attention on the first election for a fully elected Chicago School Board and School Board President.

We will begin the meeting with a short legislative update from NBOA lobbyists, including the Mayor’s tenant ordinance (“PRO”) and the alternative “Fair and Accountable Illinois Rental Ordinance (“FAIR“) that the City Council’s Common Sense Caucus recently introduced.

BREAKFAST MEETING

Tomorrow

Tuesday, July 28

8:30AM

Dappers East Restaurant

2901 W. Addison (note new location)

Event Cost: $35

($50 day of and at door)

We will first meet School board president candidate Jessica Biggs.

We will also hear from the following school board candidates:

Hector Morales (District 2A) 

Peter Gonzales (District 3A)

Carlos Rivas (District 3B)

Isaiah White (District 6A)

Che “Rhymefest” Smith (District 10A)

Although the Chicago School Board does not set housing policy, it is responsible for more than half of the property taxes we pay.

Moreover, the Board of Education races are shaping up as proxy contests between candidates backed by Mayor Johnson and the Chicago Teachers Union and candidates supported by those seeking a more balanced approach to governing our city and its schools.

The candidates we will hear from are advocating for fiscal responsibility in Chicago Public Schools and for putting children and families first.



Please join us for a lively and informative discussion.

Mike Glasser

President, NBOA



Michael Hagenson

Chair, NBOA Legislative Committee

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Those of you who routinely attend our breakfasts are familiar with the work done by the NBOA. We appreciate your participation and your interest in advocacy.

We hope you can attend this year’s Summer Soiree, Also, consider the importance of what NBOA does, and how our work may impact your bottom line. We would value your sponsorship.

Save money on registration by purchasing tickets on or before end of today, Friday, July 24.

Edgewater Uptown Builders Association (EUBA)

Greater Austin Development Association (GADA)

Lakeview Developers Association (LDA)

Latino Real Estate Investors Council (LREIC)

Lincoln Park Builders of Chicago (LPBC)

North Suburban Housing Providers (NSHP)

Northwest Side Building Coalition (NSBC)

Rogers Park Builders Group (RPBG)

South Side Community Investment Association (SSCIA)

Southside Builders Association (SSBA)

Southwest Housing Providers (SWHPG)

West Suburban Building Owners Association (WSBOA)



To mark our 20th Neighborhood Building Owners Alliance Advocacy Breakfast, we are departing from our usual practice of hosting an alderman and instead focusing our attention on the first election for a fully elected Chicago School Board and School Board President.

We will begin the meeting with a short legislative update from NBOA lobbyists, including the Mayor’s tenant ordinance and the alternative “Fair and Accountable Illinois Rental Ordinance (“FAIR“) that the City Council’s Common Sense Caucus introduced last week.

BREAKFAST MEETING

Tuesday, July 28

8:30AM

Dappers East Restaurant

2901 W. Addison (note new location)

Event Cost: $35

($50 day of and at door)

We will first meet School board president candidate Jessica Biggs.

We will also hear from the following school board candidates:

Hector Morales (District 2A) 

Peter Gonzales (District 3A)

Carlos Rivas (District 3B)

Isaiah White (District 6A)

Che “Rhymefest” Smith (District 10A)

Although the Chicago School Board does not set housing policy, it is responsible for more than half of the property taxes we pay.

Moreover, the Board of Education races are shaping up as proxy contests between candidates backed by Mayor Johnson and the Chicago Teachers Union and candidates supported by those seeking a more balanced approach to governing our city and its schools.

The candidates we will hear from are advocating for fiscal responsibility in Chicago Public Schools and for putting children and families first.



Please join us for a lively and informative discussion.

Mike Glasser

President, NBOA



Michael Hagenson

Chair, NBOA Legislative Committee

DISCOUNT AVAILABLE THRU TODAY

Those of you who routinely attend our breakfasts are familiar with the work done by the NBOA. We appreciate your participation and your interest in advocacy.

We hope you can attend this year’s Summer Soiree, Also, consider the importance of what NBOA does, and how our work may impact your bottom line. We would value your sponsorship.

Save money on registration by purchasing tickets on or before end of today, Friday, July 24.

Edgewater Uptown Builders Association (EUBA)

Greater Austin Development Association (GADA)

Lakeview Developers Association (LDA)

Latino Real Estate Investors Council (LREIC)

Lincoln Park Builders of Chicago (LPBC)

North Suburban Housing Providers (NSHP)

Northwest Side Building Coalition (NSBC)

Rogers Park Builders Group (RPBG)

South Side Community Investment Association (SSCIA)

Southside Builders Association (SSBA)

Southwest Housing Providers (SWHPG)

West Suburban Building Owners Association (WSBOA)

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