As homelessness reaches record levels in Chicago and across the U.S., a dire need for housing has a drastic impact on the lives of three Bronzeville residents.
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Longtime Bronzeville residents and advocates look to affordable housing plans and intentional investment to keep the celebrated Black neighborhood Black.
The TRiiBE: Many Black and brown Chicagoans find themselves in a conundrum: sacrifice communal ties by moving miles away to neighborhoods with abundant resources, or sacrifice safety and living wage jobs to stay close to home.
Casi un año después de la pandemia, los inquilinos continúan con dificultades; hay medidas que residentes y legisladores pueden tomar para minimizar el impacto.
Expertos dicen que se avecina una avalancha de desalojos. Pero ya miles de inquilinos de Chicago están al borde del precipicio de la vivienda.
Los residentes indocumentados que no pueden acceder a los estímulos federales y viven a duras penas, confían en los grupos comunitarios, pero ambos se están quedando sin opciones.
Solicita ayuda financiera, refugio de emergencia y apoyo a inquilinos durante este año.
Barred from federal stimulus and living paycheck to paycheck, undocumented tenants rely on community groups—but both are running out of options.
Experts say an eviction avalanche is coming. But thousands of Chicago renters have already been pushed to the brink of the housing cliff.
Find financial aid, emergency shelter, legal help and tenant support in 2021.
Renters are still struggling almost a year after the pandemic began, but there are actions residents and lawmakers can take to minimize the pain.
Una guía de sus derechos como arrendatario de Chicago durante una pandemia.
A guide to your rights as a Chicago renter during a pandemic.
Three residents share stories of loss, displacement, resilience and hope during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Data gives us part of the picture of the so-called eviction avalanche in Chicago. Help us fill in the rest.
City Council is set to revisit an ordinance that would provide more protection from eviction. Here’s what that means for Chicago tenants.
[Block Club Chicago] The expiring eviction moratorium will "let loose an avalanche of misery on… Illinoisians that can’t make the rent,” organizers said, urging Gov. JB Pritzker to extend the eviction moratorium and cancel rent and mortgage payments.
[Chicago Reader] “There is a system in place that keeps people homeless and poor and it's so much bigger than any particular organization.”
[Block Club Chicago] For months, residents of Mac Properties buildings say they've asked the landlord for help with rent amid the coronavirus pandemic. But their pleas have been ignored, they said.
In May, we surveyed South Shore renters about their tenant experience and information needs. Here are five things we learned from the process.