Lemont — Title 15 Ch. 15.08 Property Maintenance Code § 15.08.030

(a) Retaliatory eviction by owner. No owner or lessor shall evict or cause to evict or terminate the tenancy of a renter or lessee solely as retaliation because that renter or lessee complains to the village or the county circuit court against the owner or lessor charging the owner or lessor with a violation of this section or with a violation of any warranty of habitability accruing to the renter or lessee from the owner or lessor. The fact that the rent or lease consideration of the renter or lessee is not more than 30 days delinquent at the time the owner or lessor gives notice of eviction or termination of a lease or rental and the fact that, within six months prior to the notice of eviction or termination of the lease or rental, the renter or lessee has not been convicted of creating a nuisance at the dwelling or dwelling unit from which an eviction is sought shall be prima facie evidence that the eviction or termination of the lease or rental by the owner or lessor is solely retaliatory because that renter or lessee has complained against the owner or lessor charging him with violation of this section.
(b) Criminal housing management. Criminal housing management is prohibited. A person commits criminal housing management when, having personal management or control of residential real estate, whether as a legal or equitable owner of the residential real estate or as a managing agent or otherwise, he knowingly permits, by his gross carelessness or neglect, the physical condition or facilities of the residential real estate to become or remain so deteriorated that the health and safety of an inhabitant is endangered.
(c) Failure to correct violation. If any alleged violation for which notice as mentioned in subsection (a) of this section has been given is not corrected or eliminated within the time specified in such notice, the owner or occupant shall be guilty of an offense.