Injustice Watch is investigating trends in evictions and building conditions in the private rental market in Chicago. The unprecedented legal protections and financial support offered to landlords and tenants during the Covid-19 pandemic have dwindled just as housing costs have increased. How has this impacted you?

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Maya Dukmasova reports on judges and other key players in the court system. Before joining Injustice Watch in 2021, Maya was a senior writer at the Chicago Reader, where she produced award-winning long-form features and investigative stories, as well as profiles, film reviews, and essays on a wide range of topics. Maya was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, and spent much of her childhood in Appalachia. She moved to Chicago after completing a master’s degree in art history at the University of Cambridge and now lives on the Far North Side.

Alejandra Cancino was a senior reporter at Injustice Watch from 2023 to 2026. Before joining Injustice Watch, she was an editor training emerging journalists and an investigative reporter whose award-winning work focused on the intersection between government and business. She has worked at City Bureau, the Better Government Association (now the Illinois Answers Project), the Chicago Tribune, and the Palm Beach Post. Alejandra grew up in Latin America and Miami and enjoys traveling the world in search of good hikes.

Grace Asiegbu has covered housing, evictions, and reentry and is interested in the intersection of gender issues and the courts. Before joining Injustice Watch in 2021, she worked at the Chicago Sun-Times. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University. Grace is a lifelong Southsider who lives in Bronzeville.