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Her building, 7263 S. Coles, is quite literally falling apart. Bricks are falling off the front of the South Shore apartment building, not to mention the ceilings are falling in and the electricity is about …
There’s a very important piece of legislation coming before the Chicago city council, one that would do a lot for ordinary people waylaid by the foreclosure crisis.
But there’s a problem with that bill, or at …
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 …
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.
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.

