#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.

This event will be in person, but you can also tune in via livestream. Doors open at 6pm. The livestream and announcements will start around 6:30pm CDT.

In-person: TechNexus, 20 N Upper Wacker Drive, 12th Floor, Chicago IL. Enter the Civic Opera Building using the entrance in the middle of the block between Washington and Madison streets. Take the elevators to the 12th floor.

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RSVP In-person attendees should RSVP beforehand. As occupancy limits permit, walk-ins will be allowed to enter.

There will be food! We will be serving Costa Rican empanadas, chicken casado and rice from Irazu!