Landlord Imran Khan is also suing several members of the All-Chicago Tenants Alliance, a group of tenants rights activists, who worked with Khan’s tenants to form a union.

Tenants complained of security issues, rampant drug activity and being ignored by property management.

How renters in two Chicago neighborhoods found each other—and fought back—when the same investor planned to displace them.

Tenants say new landlord is demanding they pay on average 60% higher rent.

Union members say they are open to a rent strike if their new landlord continues to refuse to negotiate.

In Chicago, a tenant union is continuing its rent strike as they fight their evictions. In May the group Fuerzas Inquilinos be Broadway y Cuyler sued landlord Drew Millard and property management company 33 Realty

To settle their eviction cases, Chicago tenants agreed to stop speaking publicly about their landlord. His attempt to hold them liable for past statements to the media could set a chilling precedent, experts say.

Frustrated tenants of two apartment buildings on Parkside Avenue in Austin have organized a tenants’ union

Housing advocates say ultimately their fight is one against gentrification.

Renters from Rogers Park to Logan Square are forming unions and launching strikes as rents jump and corporate landlords move in.

Housing organizers are warning against putting people out on the street “as long as ICE is in our city.”

Parkside Apartments residents have organized over issues including bed bug infestations, drug activity and sewage pooling in hallways. A rent strike was recently called off amid a deal with the landlord — who has not lived up to their end of the bargain, tenants said.