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Calling All Chicagoland Bowlers: NEW PRIZES ADDED
June 16, 2010 – 12:06 pm | No Comment
Calling All Chicagoland Bowlers: NEW PRIZES ADDED

It’s time for MTO’s 23rd Annual Bowl-a-Thon!
Why should you come bowl with MTO on Saturday, August 28th?

great prizes to win in categories such as: highest score, best team name, lowest score, etc
free pizza, pop, and …

A Dream Foreclosed: A short documentary about Foreclosure in Chicago
May 18, 2010 – 7:15 am | One Comment

A documentary about foreclosure in Chicago, created by Northwestern University Medill School students.

A Dream Foreclosed from LCBH on Vimeo.

Renters Win Round 1
May 12, 2010 – 11:33 am | No Comment
Renters Win Round 1

Round 2 is on Monday, May 24th.
Tenants and activists gathered in the second floor lobby of City Hall Tuesday April 27th before the Building Committee meeting to express their support of Mayor Daley’s amendment to …

Tenants Get Repairs and Fight Foreclosure
April 6, 2010 – 10:07 am | No Comment
Tenants Get Repairs and Fight Foreclosure

In August of 2008 tenants from a building in Englewood called MTO’s Tenants Rights Hotline complaining about egregious conditions including broken security locks, pest infestations, and lack of essential services, like heat.  MTO immediately sent …

Metropolitan Tenants Organization 25th Anniversary Celebration
April 5, 2010 – 9:43 am | No Comment
Metropolitan Tenants Organization 25th Anniversary Celebration

25 years of raising renters’ voices & community preservation
Please join us to celebrate MTO’s 25th Anniversary!
On Tuesday, May 4th at the Chicago Cultural Center in G.A.R. Hall & Rotunda, from 5:30 to 8:30pm, MTO …

Tenants Get Heat Restored
December 23, 2009 – 11:58 am | No Comment
Tenants Get Heat Restored

Tenants from the building located at 3045 W 63rd St. call the MTO because their building was in horrible condition and they were not going to take it anymore.  When the MTO organizers arrived at …

Be Counted in 2010!
December 14, 2009 – 1:18 pm | No Comment
Be Counted in 2010!

On March 1, the 2010 Census will begin.  Short forms will arrive at your doorstep for the head of household to complete.  These forms will be accompanied by a pre-paid envelope so …

Chicago Public Radio: Renters Caught in the Housing Collapse
September 10, 2009 – 10:08 pm | No Comment
Chicago Public Radio: Renters Caught in the Housing Collapse

Thousands of buildings went into foreclosure last year in Chicago. And they weren’t all bungalows and condos. Joining us to talk about how foreclosures are affecting renters is John Bartlett. He is executive director of the Metropolitan Tenants Organization in Chicago.

ABC7 Local News : Tenants Protests Rent Increase
September 10, 2009 – 5:30 pm | No Comment
ABC7 Local News : Tenants Protests Rent Increase

Midway Garden apartment tenants protest the sudden rent increase of 30 percent at their apartment building located on East 60th Street and South Cottage Grove Ave.