As the newly elected Senate Chair of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus (ILBC), State Sen. Robert Peters (D-13th) says he is looking forward to pushing forward the groupâs program in the new year while dealing with a potentially painful budget crisis.Â
âI think my number one priority is just to be helpful to everyone in the caucus and try to be sort of a lead organizer within the caucus,â he said in an interview with the Herald. âLegislatively, itâs playing the best and most active role I can in terms of the Black Caucus agenda â as we head into the new year thatâs something we can shepherd forward.âÂ
As the newly elected Senate Chair of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus (ILBC), State Sen. Robert Peters (D-13th) says he is looking forward to pushing forward the groupâs program in the new year while dealing with a potentially painful budget crisis.Â
âI think my number one priority is just to be helpful to everyone in the caucus and try to be sort of a lead organizer within the caucus,â he said in an interview with the Herald. âLegislatively, itâs playing the best and most active role I can in terms of the Black Caucus agenda â as we head into the new year thatâs something we can shepherd forward.âÂ
Is Chicago about to see a spike in eviction notices?
A forecast shows that up to 21,000 Chicago households could get one after the moratorium lifts 13 times the monthly average from early 2020 before the pandemic hit.
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In the first month after Gov. J.B. Pritzker lifts his moratorium on evictions, up to 21,000 rental households in Chicago could be hit with notices to leave, according to a new forecast.
That’s about 13 times the monthly average of eviction notices filed in the early months of 2020, prior to the pandemic, according to a forecast released today by the Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing and the Center for Urban Research & Learning at Loyola University.
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Chicago will see a wave of eviction cases in January unless Gov. J.B. Pritzker extends a moratorium in place since the beginning of the pandemic, a tenants rights organization said Thursday.
The Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing said the city could see 21,000 eviction cases in the first month after the moratorium ends. It’s due to expire on Jan. 9 but has been extended several times.
The projected total is about 13 times the monthly number of evictions the city saw before the pandemic. The lawyers group, working with Loyola University Chicago’s Center for Urban Research, arrived at the estimate using a statistical model tracking the relationship between eviction filings and changes in unemployment.