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Your request letter should contain all the basics your reason for wanting to sublet, the start and end dates of the sublease, the name of your proposed tenant and their current address, contact information for your time away and your roommate approval form.
You are entitled to request permission to sublet from the owner, and the owner may not unreasonably refuse such permission. However, you must inform the owner by certified mail, return receipt requested, no less than 30 days prior to the proposed subletting.
It takes the form of a written agreement signed by the landlord and the tenant that allows for subletting for a duration no longer than the life of the initial Lease Agreement. Subletting may be a possibility if the renter is absent on occasion. It allows rent to be paid even when the tenant is not present.
Real Property Law Section 226-b in conjunction with the Rent Stabilization Law gives tenants the right to sublease their apartment for a period of two out of every four years. In order to sublease an apartment, it is necessary that prior to the subleasing that the apartment be the tenants primary residence.
Like any other tenant, subtenants must be evicted properly through the courts, or a master tenant or landlord could face severe legal consequences. Generally, a master tenant, landlord or property manager may evict a subletter for the same reasons as they would a tenant.
In most cases, your landlord cant stop you from subleasing a Chicago apartment, so long as you find a subtenant who meets the landlords reasonable requirements. Chicagos Residential Landlord Tenant Ordinance (CRLTO) requires landlords to accept a reasonable sublease without an additional fee (Section 5-12-120).
(a) A tenant renting a residence pursuant to an existing lease in a dwelling having four or more residential units shall have the right to sublease his premises subject to the written consent of the landlord in advance of the subletting. Such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
When only one tenant is named on a lease, the tenant has the right to take in a roommate and the roommates dependent children. When two or more tenants are named on the lease, the number of tenants and roommates cannot exceed the number of tenants named in the lease.