RENTERS HAVE HIGHER RATES OF UNDERCOUNTS IN CENSUS
February 23, 2010 – 10:50 am | No Comment

Across our television screens and on billboards throughout the city announcements about that the 2010 Census are springing up.  The campaign for census participation is one of the biggest in the history of the census.  …

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Plan Would Deny Slumlords City Loans Or Contracts

Hyde Park tenant Melissa Michaels hopes a proposed ordinance will induce property owners to be better landlords.

The city of Chicago has a message for slumlords: You will not be rewarded with city loans or contracts.

CBS 2’s Jim Williams reports the city council is close to passing a law that would put pressure on bad landlords to fix their property.

Read the full story here: http://cbs2chicago.com/local/slum.ordinance.Alderman.2.1429795.html

Watch the video here: http://cbs2chicago.com/video/?id=66557@wbbm.dayport.com

CHICAGO BUILDING CODE RE: PESTS

CHICAGO BUILDING CODE RE: PESTS

13-196-630  Residential buildings – Responsibilities of owner or operator.
Every owner or operator must:
(a)     Comply with the requirements imposed on him by this chapter;
(b)     Maintain in a clean, sanitary …

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What is a foreclosure?
When an owner falls behind in mortgage payments, foreclosure is the court process by which a bank forces the sale of a building used as security in …