Metropolitan Tenants Organization » On the Air http://www.tenants-rights.org tenants helping tenants improve their lives since 1981 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:25:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Plan Would Deny Slumlords City Loans Or Contracts http://www.tenants-rights.org/plan-would-deny-slumlords-city-loans-or-contracts/ http://www.tenants-rights.org/plan-would-deny-slumlords-city-loans-or-contracts/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:21:09 +0000 ltargos http://www.tenants-rights.org/?p=877

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

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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.

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