Elgin, IL Rental Property Rules: Rental Registration (2026)

040B separately bars anyone from occupying, or an owner from allowing occupancy of, an unlicensed unit. 030 defines rental residential property broadly to include dwellings let or intended to be let for rent, expressly including properties listed or let on a short-term basis through online services such as AirBnB or VRBO. 040D exempts nine categories: single-family owner-occupied dwellings, single-family dwellings occupied by the owner's immediate family, vacant single-family homes not intended for rent, owner-occupied townhouses and condominiums, hotels, motels and bed and breakfast inns, state- or federally-licensed facilities such as nursing homes, government-owned housing, owner-occupied single-family and two-unit properties, and vacant homes actively listed for sale. 040E, though a same-owner corporate name change within six months of a violation-free inspection does not require a new inspection. 050A.