Steven Sotero, who was a retiree and motorcycle enthusiast, was in his 70s when he was unexpectedly hospitalized for late-stage liver disease.|
New court-watching report shows Cook County eviction courts are far from accessible for tenants, who are overwhelming Black and Latine people without legal representation. The post NEW Court-Watching Report – Evicted in the Dark: Findings & Observations from Cook County Eviction Courts appeared first on Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts.| Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts
Governor Pritzker has signed HB1628, which builds on reforms from 2018 to enhance data collection and transparency in reporting around civil asset forfeiture practices and ensures the public is able to evaluate these reforms. The post Governor Pritzker has Signed HB 1628 into Law, Strengthening Data Collection & Transparency in Civil Asset Forfeiture Practices appeared first on Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts.| Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts
In their end-of-session dash to pass a state budget, Illinois lawmakers put off consideration of proposed reforms to property tax sales and foreclosures. That leaves Illinois the only remaining state where homeowners can face losing not just their homes but also all of the equity in them they’ve accumulated if their homes are foreclosed on […] The post Property-tax foreclosure reform gets put off by Illinois legislators appeared first on Injustice Watch.| Injustice Watch
This is a joint project of Injustice Watch and the Investigative Project on Race and Equity When Cook County sheriff’s deputies burst into the Maywood home of 74-year-old Velma Lewis with a battering ram, it wasn’t because she had committed a crime or had a warrant issued for her arrest. It was because she fell […] The post Illinois is the last state to unlawfully strip wealth from homeowners caught in tax foreclosure appeared first on Injustice Watch.| Injustice Watch
This investigation was reported in collaboration with the Chicago Tribune. In a flurry of contracts inked a decade ago, some of Illinois’ most powerful political figures declared it was time to fix their obsolete and expensive computer systems. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle called for an online method to deliver error-free property records and […] The post Costs triple, delays mount in vital tech contracts appeared first on Injustice Watch.| Injustice Watch
Chicago tenant advocates are asking for at least $20 million in the city’s 2025 budget to help tenants fight against what they say are unfair evictions, create a registry of landlords, and help to stabilize displacement of tenants and homeowners in areas surrounding the future Obama Presidential Center. The three proposals would help address some […] The post Advocates push for at least $20M in city’s 2025 budget for housing measures appeared first on Injustice Watch.| Injustice Watch