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Mia is a trans woman who’s been working CTM to achieve secure housing for months now. Currently she has COVID-19 and needs funds to continue to stay in the hotel she’s recovering in! Please donate if you can!

“We’re seeing it a lot recently,” Ruiz said. “Landlords do things to make tenants’ life hell. The tenants get annoyed and they self-evict.”

The notices worked to clear about half the building.
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The Estes tenants are seeking $5,000 per unit for relocation fees for people who choose to leave. They also want residents to have the option to get their old units back after renovations with their current rent rates in place.

So far, 36 Management has declined to meet or negotiate with the Estes neighbors, residents said.

'It's Been Hell': Rogers Park Landlord Made Building Unlivable, Improperly Forced Out Renters During Pandemic, Tenants Say The landlord of 1345 W. Estes Ave. has been given a stop work order by the city, records show. Tenants said they were forced to move out during the pandemic.

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Back in June, Della, a tenant living in Englewood, reached out to CTM after her landlord broke into her apartment, threw her belongings into the alley, and illegally changed her locks. He threw away TVs, rugs, clothes—and also her late son’s ashes.

With CTM’s help, she was able to get back into her apartment, and afterwards we launched a campaign to get Della compensation for what she’s owed. Della organized her friends and family, and together with a group of CTM organizers we went to her landlord and delivered her demands.

When her landlord refused to negotiate, Della and CTM organizers began to canvass the landlord’s other properties across the south and west side to get tenants to stand together against landlord abuse and neglect. Now the movement’s grown—in early August, Della and tenants from buildings across the city had their first tenant association meeting. Although Della’s campaign continues, it’s no longer hers alone.

Through her fight, she’s led tenants across the city to start building the kind of powerful longterm organizations through which tenants can fight back and defend themselves.

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En junio, Della, una inquilina que vive en Englewood, contacto CTM después que el propietario forzo la entrada al apartamento. El propietario arrojó sus pertenencias al callejón y cambió ilegalmente sus cerraduras. Tiró televisores, alfombras, ropa, y también las cenizas de su difunto hijo.

Con la ayuda de CTM, ella pudo volver a su apartamento, y después lanzamos una campaña para obtener la compensación de Della por lo que ella debe. Della organizó a sus amigos y familiares, y junto con un grupo de organizadores de CTM fuimos a su arrendador y le entregamos sus demandas.

Cuando su propietario se negó a negociar, los organizadores de Della y CTM comenzaron a ver las otras propiedades del propietario en el lado sur y oeste para conseguir que lxs inquilinxs se pararan juntos contra el abuso y el descuido de los propietarios. Ahora el movimiento ha crecido: A principios de agosto, Della y lxs inquilinxs de edificios de toda la ciudad tuvieron su primera reunión de asociación de inquilinos.

Aunque la campaña de Della continúa, ya no es suya sola. A través de su lucha, ha llevado a lxs inquilinxs de alradedor la ciudad a comenzar a construir el tipo de poderosas organizaciones a largo plazo a través de las cuales lxs inquilinxs pueden defenderse y defenderse.