My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: Illionis
I live in Schaumburg IL and I need to move out of my apartment as I am having money problems. I have 6 months left on my lease and would like to end it. I have asked the people in the leasing office is there any way I can break the lease (paying two months’ rent and leaving) and they said no. I was informed the only way is that I could sublease it out, but the person had to apply and had do to a background check and had to qualify (credit score and income) to move in. I was told that if they do meet everything then the people subleasing would be renting the apartment and would sign a new lease and my lease would be void. But the kicker is that I, the renter, would have to find the subleaser. With all the research I have been doing on subleasing I understand that the landlord needs to know and approve it but I keep running into info saying with subleasing, it the subleaser and the renter (lease holder) that has the agreements and not with the apartment complex. Is this right? I don’t want to go through the motions of finding someone and they don’t qualify and I have to start all over again, if all I have to do is let them know I am moving and they would have to find someone for me. Thanks for your help.

