ACTA in the News

Rogers Park Tenants Sued By Landlord Amid Months-Long Rent Strike
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.
blockclubchicago.org

Austin residents form union to demand new owners address concerns • The TRiiBE
Tenants complained of security issues, rampant drug activity and being ignored by property management.
thetriibe.com

Two Tenant Unions, One Rent Strike
How renters in two Chicago neighborhoods found each other—and fought back—when the same investor planned to displace them.
inthesetimes.com

Rogers Park tenant union authorizes rent strike, urges eviction moratorium during immigration crackdown
Tenants say new landlord is demanding they pay on average 60% higher rent.
www.chicagotribune.com

Rogers Park Tenants From 5 Buildings Form Union After Rent Spike
Union members say they are open to a rent strike if their new landlord continues to refuse to negotiate.
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Chicago Tenant Union Continues Rent Strike to Fight Evictions
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
www.democracynow.org

How One Landlord Tried to Silence Tenants—and the Story of Their Rent Strike
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.
inthesetimes.com

Parkside neighbors form tenants’ union to fight landlord – Austin Weekly News
Frustrated tenants of two apartment buildings on Parkside Avenue in Austin have organized a tenants’ union
www.austinweeklynews.com

Logan Square, Uptown tenants protest management company plan to redevelop properties
Housing advocates say ultimately their fight is one against gentrification.
abc7chicago.com

Chicago tenants organize in response to steep rent hikes
Renters from Rogers Park to Logan Square are forming unions and launching strikes as rents jump and corporate landlords move in.
www.axios.com

Chicago tenants demand eviction moratorium amid federal invasion
Housing organizers are warning against putting people out on the street “as long as ICE is in our city.”
chicagoreader.com

West Side Tenants Protest Landlord For Failing To Repair Building As City Takes Owner To Court
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.
blockclubchicago.org
