Mayor Johnson Rallies Housing Organizers As City Council Vote On His Tenants’ Rights Bill Looms

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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.

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.

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Mayor Johnson Rallies Housing Organizers As City Council Vote On His Tenants’ Rights Bill Looms

Rally to push new Protecting Renters Ordinance held in Chicago's Edgewater

Chicago tenants' advocates rally outside landlords' gala, press for renter protections