Housing
More than 38,000 eviction and foreclosure cases were filed in Cook County in 2022. We report on the intersection of housing and the courts and how the system impacts renters, homeowners, and the unhoused.
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Illinois officials placed a family of recent arrivals from Venezuela in a Woodlawn apartment building city officials took to court over unsafe conditions amid a monthslong feud between tenants and the landlord.
Renters, We want to know about your building conditions
Injustice Watch is reporting on evictions and building conditions, and we want to connect with renters in Chicago to help inform our reporting. Do you rent an apartment in a multiunit building in Chicago? If so, please fill out our questionnaire and tell us about your building conditions. You can answer in as much detail as you feel comfortable. We promise we’ll keep your information confidential unless you give us permission to share it.
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Did pandemic relief avert an eviction crisis in Chicago? The full picture remains murky.
A court order filed this week will grant Injustice Watch access to previously unavailable eviction data during the pandemic.
Tenants and advocates call for Just Cause Ordinance to end no-fault evictions
An ordinance that has stalled in the Chicago City Council would protect renters from being evicted through no fault of their own and require landlords to provide relocation assistance.
Cook County launches court-based rental assistance program for people facing eviction
A new round of rental assistance for Cook County tenants facing eviction comes as the statewide eviction moratorium is set to end.
With federal moratorium no longer in place, Illinois extends ban on eviction enforcement to Oct. 3
Injustice Watch talked to housing attorneys and advocates about some of the most common points of confusion. Here’s what we learned.
‘I don’t sleep very well anymore:’ Many LGBTQ+ people face economic cliff if eviction protections end
LGBTQ+ people, who already are more likely to experience housing insecurity, get some relief with a new partial moratorium eviction. But they will face barriers to accessing aid when it expires in October.
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