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Aug 11, 2024 | blockclubchicago.org | Alejandra Cancino |Maya Dukmasova |Forest Gregg |Alex Richards

This is the first story in The Tenant Trap, a five-part investigative project by Injustice Watch, a Chicago-based nonprofit journalism organization that examines issues of equity and justice in the court system. Click here to read the whole series. CHICAGO — In January, 71-year-old Paul London was among two dozen tenants kicked out of the four-story South Side apartment building he called home for the past 25 years.

Aug 7, 2024 | injusticewatch.org | Alex Richards |Forest Gregg |Maya Dukmasova |Alejandra Cancino

To examine the link between dangerous building disrepair and evictions in Chicago, Injustice Watch analyzed roughly 1.9 million code violations, 60,000 administrative court dockets, 300,000 eviction court dockets, and 43,000 housing court dockets dating back to the early 2000s. Because Chicago Property Index Numbers were absent from these records, Injustice Watch relied on street addresses to conduct its initial analyses.

Aug 7, 2024 | injusticewatch.org | Alejandra Cancino |Maya Dukmasova |Forest Gregg |Alex Richards

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Jul 7, 2023 | observablehq.com | Forest Gregg

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May 16, 2023 | observablehq.com | Forest Gregg

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