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The PRO ordinance provides a long overdue update to tenant’s rights in Chicago. It will ban junk fees, help keep tenants...
08/06/2026

The PRO ordinance provides a long overdue update to tenant’s rights in Chicago. It will ban junk fees, help keep tenants stable in housing, and protect them from bad landlords. The real estate lobby says it will raise rents and kill development. New research by IPG says there is no evidence to support these claims. Let’s pass PRO and protect renters!

Read Julie Dworkin’s opinion piece at the link in the bio and check out the report @ publicgoodpolicy.org/just-cause or at the link in bio.

07/31/2026

NEW STUDY: we dug into the Real Estate Lobby’s claim that tenant protections would increase rents. It turns out when you look at the data of places where they have Just Cause and relocation assistance v where they don’t…there is no evidence to support the claim these tenant protections raise rents. It’s fear, not facts.

Check out the report @ publicgoodpolicy.org/just-cause or click the link in bio.

Tell your alder that we need to protect tenants and pass the PRO ordinance!

07/21/2026

Tenants and Advocates are joining with the mayor’s office and alders that care about housing as a human right on the PRO ordinance to significantly strengthen tenant protections in Chicago. The real estate lobby is trying to block it with a competing ordinance called “FAIR”.

Find out how FAIR is unfair and takes away rights for thousands of tenants @ unfairordinance.org

$20,000. The average cost of childcare for one child is nearing $20,000 a year in Illinois. The Illinois Childcare 4 All...
02/23/2026

$20,000. The average cost of childcare for one child is nearing $20,000 a year in Illinois. The Illinois Childcare 4 All Coalition is fighting to make sure every family in Chicago and Illinois has access to free childcare, and that childcare workers are unionized with thriving wages, benefits, and career pathways.

We’re gathering organizers from across the country that have been fighting for universal childcare in their own states and cities. Join us on Thursday, February 26th from 6:30PM - 8PM (virtual) as we learn about (1) what’s worked, (2) what hasn’t, and (3) how we work together to advance this fight across the country.

We’ll be joined by:
* LaDon Love, SPACES In Action, Washington DC
* Marina Marcou-O’Malley, Alliance for Quality Education, New York
* Matthew Henderson, Olé, New Mexico
* Mary Claire Schmit, SEIU HCII, Illinois
* Moderated by: Ishan Daya, Institute for the Public Good

Register @ bit.ly/ILchildcareforall

Spanish translation and captioning will be offered.

Chicago is clawing back the taxes that companies like Meta and Google have been avoiding with Trump’s tax cuts, by taxin...
02/20/2026

Chicago is clawing back the taxes that companies like Meta and Google have been avoiding with Trump’s tax cuts, by taxing the largest social media companies and using those funds to expand free public mental health centers across the city and non-police crisis response.

JB Pritzker is now taking inspiration, and has put a similar policy in his proposed budget for the State of Illinois.

Want to learn how to push for something similar in your city / state? DM us.

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