Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Illinois

Whle the landlord may be a jerk, if the lease did not contain some kind of relief for your brother in this kind of situation, the landlord appears technically to be within his rights. However I would love to see him in front of a judge over a couple of months' rent after presumably several years in the same place (and at least a month security deposit???) given your brother's condition. I've negotiated provisions for folks in this situation so that if they must move, or they pass on, then their estate is not liable and the lease can be terminated (usually on some short notice fuse), and since your brother was a sufferer for apparently such a long time, that should have been taken into consideration. What a terrible thing to do; the best defense might be the landlord knew too for a long, long time....and that your brother has to pay the nursing home everything he has.... In fact, on the assumption he might be on medicare, he may be uncollectible, so the landlord may not only be a jerk, but stupid if he thinks filing a lawsuit for collection will get him anyplace....

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