Rally to push new Protecting Renters Ordinance held in Chicago's Edgewater
Tenant organizers, progressive aldermen and the Chicago DSA advocated for the passing of PRO, or the Protecting Renters Ordinance, which is considered to be a "comprehensive modernization" of the laws in place from 1986.
Mikayla Price | CBS News
Mayor Johnson Rallies Housing Organizers As City Council Vote On His Tenants’ Rights Bill Looms
The mayor’s ordinance would drastically strengthen renter protections, but it is facing a competing ordinance from some City Council members that differs significantly from Johnson’s proposal.
Charles Thrush | Block Club Chicago
Note: Block Club Chicago states that BSTA held the longest rent strike in Chicago since the 1980s. BSTA had held the longest rent strike at the time at the end of 2025.
Chicago tenants' advocates rally outside landlords' gala, press for renter protections
Chicago renters and housing advocates took their demands directly to a gala for landlords, turning a polished fundraising event into a public show of frustration over evictions, fines, and tenant treatment.
Leigh Cook | the cool down
Tenants’ Rights Organizations rally for renter protections, accountability for 7500 South Shore Raid
Dozens of tenants’ rights advocates rallied Thursday night in front of the annual “Summer Soiree” of the Neighborhood Building Owners Alliance (NBOA) Thursday night demanding new renter protection legislation and accountability for abuse and harm renters have faced from Chicago landlords.
Chicago Defender
Advocates speak against ordinance that would scale back some tenant protection proposals in Chicago
Local leaders and housing advocates on Monday called on Chicago's City Hall to push back on a so-called FAIR Ordinance, which would scale back some of the plans in Mayor Brandon Johnson's Protect Renters Ordinance.
Dylan Olsen, Adam Harrington | CBS News
A ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ For Landlords? Challenge To Mayor’s Housing Plan Slammed By Tenant Groups
Ald. Gilbert Villegas defended the competing proposal as a starting point for negotiations as advocates warned it could leave some renters with fewer protections.
Melody Mercado | Block Club Chicago
ICE Raids Have Chicago’s Immigrant Tenants On ‘Brink Of Eviction,’ Report Finds
Families are thousands of dollars behind on rent due to lost wages, the report from Rent Brigade found. Advocates are calling for City Council to enact a blanket eviction moratorium as ICE continues to target immigrants.
Ariel Parrella-Aureli | Block Club Chicago
Logan Square Renters Fighting To Buy Their Building In New Test Of Tenant Rights Law
The tenants want to work with their landlord to find a potential buyer who will maintain low rents at the building, now listed at $1.35 million.
Charles Thrush and Ariel Parrella-Aureli | Block Club Chicago
Inquilinos en Logan Square temen ser desplazados por el aumento en la renta
Una organización pide que el dueño de un edificio residencial que está a la venta que se lo compre una persona que permita que los inquilinos permanezcan bajo una renta asequible.
(Translation: An organization is asking the owner of a residential building currently for sale to sell it to a buyer who will allow the tenants to remain at an affordable rent.)
Maria Berrelleza | Telemundo Chicago
Tenants rally against rising rents after building in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood goes up for sale
Tenants of an apartment building in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood spoke out against their landlord Sunday, days after the property was put up for sale.
Adam Harrington and Michelle Sproat | CBS News
They lost their homes, but built a movement
Members of the Belden Sawyer Tenant Association were unable to stop their homes from being converted into luxury apartments. But they've remained united, opening membership to the whole city and fighting to give tenants the right to purchase their homes.
Hope Davis | Shelterforce
Logan Square Tenants Who Protested Upgrades Move Out, Will Keep Fighting For Renters Rights
Last year’s public tenant fight has made one Logan Square property owner cautious about developing more on the Northwest Side.
Ariel Parrella-Aureli | Block Club Chicago
Chicago tenants demand eviction moratorium
Housing organizers warn against putting people out “as long as I.C.E. is in our city.”
Devyn-Marshall Brown | Chicago Reader
An Eviction Moratorium Against ICE?
In Chicago, another major target of of Trump’s escalated immigration raids, tenants’ unions have now also taken up the demand, with the All-Chicago Tenant Alliance (ACTA), the Belden Sawyer Tenant Association, and Rogers Park residents represented by the tenant union Fuerzas Activas de la Damen all calling for an eviction moratorium in the city.
Branko Marcetic | Jacobin