Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Illinois

You don't identify where the noise is coming from. That's important. If it's something that the landlord can't control and you knew about, you may be stuck. If it instead is coming from the next door apartment in the same building and there's a rule making excessive noise prohibited, then your landlord may have a legal obligation to enforce the rule consistently so if you're subject to it so should the neighbor, and if not you may have the right either to sue the landlord for breach of lease, compel compliance, or even possibly move out under a theory of "constructive eviction". So you need to take your lease to an attorney and explain potentially a lot more about the situation. By your zip code I note you appear to live in Evanston, IL. If so, Evanston has a landlord-tenant ordinance that may help you depending on the facts, and their Department of Human Services administers the ordinance. You can also ask them if they can intercede. Finally the Illinois Tenants' Union has offices in Evanston and they may also be of some help. GOOD LUCK (sorry for shouting!!!).