

WATCH: Chicago Tonight on Rent Control: The Cases for and against it
CHI member organizations are working to "Lift the Ban" against rent control statewide. Rent Regulation is an immediate pathway to preserve affordable housing. It has been used in cities across the country to help working families afford to live where they choose, and to prevent the kind of gentrification that pushes people out of neighborhoods. Neighborhoods in cities with rent control thrive.

Sun-Times: Rent control gets new lease on life from two Democratic gov candidates
A topic of great concern to our member organization, rent control, until now the domain of Chicago’s far political left, could be going mainstream with two major Democratic candidates for governor endorsing the concept.


Newsweek: Ben Carson Protesters Say “He’s Not Here to Help” at Chicago Housing Meeting
"Activists gathered on Monday to protest a meeting with Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson in Chicago."