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#623 In-person and Online: Illegal evictions in Chicago
An eviction with no notice is extraordinarily disruptive, straining budgets with unplanned expenses, risking job loss for adults and missing school for kids. Yet lockout complaints to Chicago police have increased by 40% since the city started tracking them. A Business Insider investigation found weak enforcement Chicago's laws against lockouts: tickets or arrests by police are rare, and city lawyers routinely dismiss cases, often without documenting why. The result is that only one of every 140 lockout calls ended in a fine, BI found.
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#622 Online: Open Hack
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January 2025 Community Feedback Session
Jan 31, 2025 by
Kyle Dolezal
On January 14, 2025, Chi Hack Night held a community feedback session. During this hybrid in-person and remote event, participants collaborated to provide feedback on four topics that impact Chi Hack Night Community members. In particular, participants discussed topics of fears and hopes, media and civic literacy, social media impacts, and Chi Hack Night Community. In this blog post, we recap the content of the discussions and reflect on major themes that emerged.
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Chi Hack Night’s Sixth Board Election
Jan 24, 2025 by
CHN Election Committee
Details about the upcoming Board Member Election on February 18, 2025. Info about who is seeking reelection and how members can run for the board is detailed within.
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Chi Hack Night joins the Alliance of Civic Technologists
Dec 16, 2024 by
Derek Eder
The Chi Hack Night Board is proud to share that we have become a member of the Alliance of Civic Technologists (ACT), a national network of volunteer civic technology groups. We encourage everyone in the Chi Hack Night community to learn about ACT and its other member groups, and to reach out and participate in their spaces where and when you can!
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