Princeton Park Homes:  Tenants suffer, Owners prosper
January 19, 2012 – 1:57 pm | No Comment

For Marietta Murphy and her five daughters, Princeton Park seemed like perfect place to raise a family.  Her children could have the freedom to ride their bikes and she could have garden.  It was affordable.  …

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The Aldermen of the Chicago City Council are elected to represent their constituents: you.
Find your alderman on the list below and make a call voicing your support of tenants’ right to have a voice in …

Should you have to write a letter to get your security deposit back? Should you have to write a letter to get your security deposit back?

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 …

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What is my landlord responsible for?
Your landlord has a duty to keep your apartment in …

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This is an informational resource list. None of the following organizations have affiliation with the Metropolitan Tenants Organization unless marked with an asterisk.*
Legal Organization Referrals
Evictions (tenant must be low-income)
Lawyers Committee for Better Housing (referral must …

Chapter 18-27 Chicago Electrical Code

This provides excerpts of Chap 18-27 as it relates to tenants’ access to their fuse box. The Municipal Code of Chicago requires that either tenants have direct 24 hour open access to the circuit breaker/fuse …

Special Police Order 93-12 for Lockouts

Special Police Order 93-12

Plan Would Deny Slumlords City Loans Or Contracts Plan Would Deny Slumlords City Loans Or Contracts

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 …

Chicago Building Code RE: Pests 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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