@Inna22 You might want to go back and see if you've received any messages from either Airbnb or the Chicago Department of Business Affairs.
It's been going on since June.
From Airbnb, July 2nd:-
"We recently reached out about the Health Commissioner’s order in the City of Chicago that requires hosts to stop accepting new one-night reservations in entire units until June 30, 2020. Since then, the Health Commissioner has updated the order to extend through July 31, 2020.
In light of this new directive, we will be blocking calendars for future one-night bookings from July 1, 2020 through July 31, 2020. The City has also required that any previously booked one-night reservations of entire units with check-ins from July 2-July 5, 2020 must be cancelled at this time. We’ll reach out to guests to communicate this information and will cancel any such reservations on your behalf. Guests will receive a full refund.
You can find more information about travel restrictions and advisories in the Help Center, or check out the Resource Center to learn more about how we’re supporting our global community during this difficult time."
Here's the notice I received from Dept of Business Affairs back on May 2nd. There was another one back on Apr 9th.
"DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AFFAIRS AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
CITY OF CHICAGO
NOTICE OF ENFORCEMENT PENALTIES FOR SHORT-TERM RESIDENTIAL RENTALS BEING USED TO HOST SOCIAL GATHERINGS
Please be advised that any short-term residential units (shared housing units, vacation rentals, or bed-and-breakfast establishments) that are rented out and used to host social gatherings of more than ten people, and thus, in violation of the Governor’s updated COVID-19 Executive Order No. 30 (hereinafter “Order”), will result in citations issued to and/or arrests of attendees, as well as citations to and/or revocation of the license or registration held by the owner or operator of the unit. See Order Section 2, Paragraph 3.
Short-term residential hosts who continue to operate by renting out their unit must implement measures to ensure that their unit is not being used by guests to facilitate social gatherings that would violate the Governor’s Order.
Short-term residential hosts can be cited for violating the Governor’s Order, which can result in fines ranging from $2,000 to $10,000. See Municipal Code of Chicago (hereinafter “MCC”) Sections 2-25-110 and 4-4-295. Guests in attendance of such gatherings can also be cited for violating the Governor’s Order with fines ranging from $100 to $500. See MCC Section 2-112-340.
Furthermore, the MCC already makes it “unlawful for any shared housing host to permit any…egregious condition to take place within the shared housing unit.” MCC 4-14-050(a). An “egregious condition” is defined as “the use of a shared housing unit by a guest for commercial purposes, including, but not limited to, holding out the unit to members of the general public as the location of a party, amusement or event…” MCC 4-14-010. Lastly, Shared Housing Hosts are required to “immediately notify and cooperate with the police department if the shared housing host knows or suspects that any…egregious condition…is taking place in the shared housing unit.” Violations of these MCC sections can result in fines ranging from $1,500 to $3,000 for each offense or revocation of the host license or registration."
