Tenant Justice in the News

The Covid-19 pandemic has led long simmering housing problems to boil over. Chicago news outlets have recently covered housing justice issues here:

May rent is almost due, and Pritzker ‘holds all the cards’ for relief, advocates say

Illinois politicians seek coronavirus rent relief, but tenants are anxious as May 1 draws near and the state’s rent control ban remains intact.

Chicago TribuneAriel Cheung

For a wider perspective on these events, check out these articles:

Largest Rent Strike in Nearly a Century Amid Coronavirus Crisis

The rent strike is aimed at pressuring politicians to respond in the only way appropriate to the exacerbated housing crisis: by canceling rent.

The InterceptNatasha Lennard

New York City Tenants Want the State to Cancel Their Rent. So They’re Going on Strike.

“People don’t have the money to pay the rent, and what we’re asking them to do is politicize that experience,” said Tara Raghuveer.

ViceEmma Ockerman