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“The Link Between Lead Poisoning and Underperforming Students” Chicago Reader feature story
May 30, 2013 – 8:17 am | No Comment
“The Link Between Lead Poisoning and Underperforming Students” Chicago Reader feature story

With mounting evidence that lead poisoning results in lower test scores, more children repeating grades, and worse, why has so little been done in Chicago to reverse the damage?
By: Megan Cottrell – Chicago Reader – …

Hotline Volunteer Training: June 8
May 9, 2013 – 1:14 pm | No Comment
Hotline Volunteer Training:  June 8

Are you interested in helping others?  Doing something positive with your free time?  Being an advocate for social justice?  Learning about current landlord/tenant issues and laws?  Join us for a tenants’ rights hotline training on …

Ms. Rose Green awarded Ralph Scott Award for Tenant Leadership
April 12, 2013 – 11:20 am | No Comment
Ms. Rose Green awarded Ralph Scott Award for Tenant Leadership

It is most fitting that the 2nd Annual Ralph Scott Award for Tenant Leadership will go to Rose Green, president of Rogers Park-based New Directions for Change, an organization which works on issues of low-income …

Report challenges tie between housing vouchers, crime: Chicago Tribune
April 3, 2013 – 12:53 pm | No Comment
Report challenges tie between housing vouchers, crime:  Chicago Tribune

 
Renters’ use of housing choice vouchers, more commonly known as Section 8 vouchers, long has worried communities that the arrival of voucher-holding tenants in a neighborhood will lead to crime and, eventually, lower property values.
That’s …

Clergy Support Source of Income Campaign
January 22, 2013 – 12:08 pm | No Comment
Clergy Support Source of Income Campaign

MTO, Access Living and Progress Center Illinois held a Prayer Breakfast regarding the Source of Income amendment on January 15,  2013 at Pearl’s Place in Chicago.  Over forty pastors and community leaders from across the …

Tenants Organize to Force Owner to Negotiate
November 19, 2012 – 10:24 am | No Comment
Tenants Organize to Force Owner to Negotiate

Single Room Occupancy hotels provide some of the poorest people in our communities with housing.  While this is hardly housing of choice, many residents of Chicago are very grateful the option exists.  At least this …

Rally at City Hall Against Proposed Demolition of 1,800 CHA Units
October 24, 2012 – 12:16 pm | No Comment
Rally at City Hall Against Proposed Demolition of 1,800 CHA Units

On Friday, October 12th, Chicagoans gathered at City Hall to protest the Chicago Housing Authority’s (CHA) proposed demolition of 1800 public housing units. Metropolitan Tenants Organization’s tenant leaders in conjunction with the Chicago Housing Initiative …

Help Yourself to a Healthy Home
October 17, 2012 – 10:50 am | No Comment
Help Yourself to a Healthy Home

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development offers education on how to protect your children’s health with this booklet “Help Yourself to a Healthy Home.”   Learn about what hidden dangers may be in …

Tenants Lead the Fight Against Discrimination
October 3, 2012 – 11:31 am | No Comment
Tenants Lead the Fight Against Discrimination

Low-income tenants throughout the city are fighting to end discrimination against voucher holders in suburban Cook County.  One tenant leader, Mr. Green wages an inspiring daily campaign from his wheelchair.  Mr. Green has lived at …

Keep Chicago Renting Campaign
October 2, 2012 – 1:36 pm | No Comment
Keep Chicago Renting Campaign

In 2011, MTO’s Tenants Rights Hotline received 709 calls from renters in the City of Chicago caught up in the foreclosure of their buildings.  Renters are the hidden victims of the foreclosure crisis.  According to …