Security deposits are a fundamental landlord protection under leases with the expectation of tenants that the deposits will be returned upon the expiration of the lease. While landlords frequently ...

Scott Mollen discusses “Bogom-Shanonv. Altman, Civil Court,”where the court held that a landlord’s oral explanation for withholding a security deposit does not satisfy the HSTPA’s written notice ...

Rent a Chicago apartment and you used to expect to have to pay a security deposit: an amount, often equivalent to a month’s rent, to be handed over to the landlord as insurance you wouldn’t damage the ...