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Read on below for updates on tenants unions new and old, Bring Chicago Home, and our upcoming holiday party on December 9th.

Hope everyone had a lovely summer! It's getting cooler but we can re-live the best of this summer in some of these ATU updates! Read on below for updates on the Fair Tenants Union and a big win in changing CHA policy for all tenants forced to move from "troubled landlords", our fun block party, and upcoming events.

Hi everyone! It's been a while since we've last updated you all on what we've been up to. We've been busy as usual working with tenants in Albany Park, Chicago, and even across the country. Read on to learn more about some of what we've been up to and ways to plug in.

Chicago Tenants Movement (CTM) is a coalition of North, West, and South Side community organizations. Evictions are immoral. Community stops evictions.

We’re outside 3746 W Leland, where the Leland Autonomous Tenants Union is holding a press conference to demand that their landlords Brian and Jackie McFadden stop the eviction and negotiate with them.

Mass Displacement and the “Community Watch”

Cook County Board of Commissioners will consider a Resolution introduced by Commissioner Alma E. Anaya (7th-D) that urges the Circuit Court of Cook County and the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois to dismiss and seal eviction filings that have been initiated during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mayor Lightfoot attempts to undercut Ald. Taliaferro’s bill with an ersatz imposter.

In a letter addressed to Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County Dorothy Brown and Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Beyond Legal Aid has joined ATU and renters across the county in requesting that the Court comply with Governor Pritzker’s orders to close eviction filings for non-payment

Hosted by comedian Arish Singh, the primetime ceremony will see Shamey Awards given to members of the Chicagoland real estate scene for their violations of federal law, state executive order, and basic human decency.

Evictions are still being filed in Chicago. They aren’t filing themselves.

“Guavas don’t grow in the US. They aren’t from here, and neither are we, but we are trying to thrive.”

Hundreds of evictions are still being filed in Chicago. These are the people who are responsible.

Signees of Mayor Lightfoot’s “solidarity pledge” and some of the biggest and most well-connected players on the Chicagoland real estate scene among the dishonored.

No matter what excuses our elected leaders make, Chicagoans won’t be able to pay their rent next week.

Affected Renters to Give Testimony; Featured Speakers Include Alds. Rossana Rodriguez, Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, Byron Sigcho-Lopez & CTU VP Stacy Davis Gates; Musical Guest OHMME

45 Organizations & Elected Officials Endorse Canceling Rent & Mortgage Payments Indefinitely.

In wake of COVID-19 outbreak, city, county, and state must guarantee homes for all.

As Chicago faces an escalating public health crisis, unscrupulous landlord Nathan (Fred) Parker is putting his tenants and the community in danger.