JOIN THE TEAM: Help make housing a human right. Support the Chicago Healthy Homes Ordinance, a proactive approach to a healthy and safe home. TOMORROW: Hotline Volunteer Training, Thursday November 13, 6 pm via Zoom. Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

We demand decisive and immediate action by implementing an eviction moratorium, now. -Metropolitans Tenants Organization

Students and Renters! Join us to learn about updates and resources available for Off-Campus housing in Evanston. Wednesday November 12, 6pm via Zoom

With temperatures dropping this weekend, space heater safety is extremely important to keep you and your family safe.

Interested in advocating for tenants rights? Join us for the Hotline Training! Thursday Nov 13 at 6pm. 🔗 Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Additional food distribution sites have been added due to SNAP benefits being cut.

That could set a dangerous precedent, says Jonah Karsh of @mtochicago.bsky.social: “If landlords can just call the feds to get rid of who they want, then that’s a really bleak reality for tenants and their security going forward.”

"It costs a lot more money to evict someone than to call ICE on them." A month after the military-style raid on a Chicago apartment building, residents are still searching for answers about why their homes were targeted—and the role their investor landlord played. inthesetimes.com/article/evic...

REMINDER: The Chicago Heat Ordinance applies from September 15 to June 1! RECORDATORIO: ¡La Ordenanza de Callefacion Chicago se aplica del 15 de septiembre al 1 de junio!

SNAP/Link Card Informational at local City Colleges. Informativas de SNAP/ Link Card en un City College local

How To Remove Mold From Your Home

Office is closed for walk-ins this week. Hotline is still open.

Sign Up for public comment: bit.ly/publiccomment2026 Training Sessions: linktr.ee/tenantrights...

Having problems contacting your landlord or property management? Share your story! Join us at City Hall Tuesday 9/16 and Wednesday 9/17 at 8:45 am. SIGN UP HERE- docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

EMERGENCY PROTEST: Saturday Sept 6 at 5pm. Ida B. Wells and Michigan.

Learn about the Chicago Healthy Homes Ordinance: 🗓️ Tuesday Sep 23 ⏰ 6 pm 🔗 Zoom Register here: bit.ly/chho-sep23

Vienna: The Renter's Utopia--Social housing makes up almost half of the city’s 1m homes. The system isn’t perfect, but it gets a lot of things right www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Housing is a human right!

Ensure a Healthy Home: Stay Vigilant Against Mold

Know Your Rights: Lockouts are illegal!

Interested in advocating for tenants rights? Join us for the Hotline Training! 🗓️ Saturday August 9, 2025 ⏰ 10:30 am 🔗Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Sun-Times columnist @neilsteinberg.bsky.social‪ shares a thoughtful reflection on Trump’s Executive Order on homelessness: "It’s like we’re cycling through vulnerable communities, one by one, to see who can be demonized and oppressed next."

Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness Condemns Trump Executive Order Targeting People Experiencing Homelessness - Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness chicagohomeless.org/chicago-coal...

Chicago tenant unions Belden Sawyer Tenants and Fuerzas Broadway Cuyler featured on @democracynow.org segment

Learn about the Chicago Healthy Homes Ordinance: 🗓️ July 24,2025 ⏰ 6 pm 🔗 REGISTER HERE: us02web.zoom.us/j/88180637964

Show your support for CHHO. Our first step: the creation and maintenance of a rental registry that uses public available data. The City of Chicago's Virtual public comment box CLOSES TODAY FRIDAY JULY 11. Take the Survey. Make your voice heard uic.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Nearly 447,000 US kids under 3 were unhoused at last count. Trump’s budget bill threatens to make that number skyrocket.

Corporate landlords (those holding 100 units or more) own about 80% of multifamily units in the region. Landlords holding more than 250 units own 59% of multifamily units.

Criminalizing Homelessness Doesn’t Work, Study Finds: shelterforce.org/2025/07/03/c...

What Happens if Trump Kills Section 8?: shelterforce.org/2025/06/30/w...

How Trump’s HUD Budget Proposal Would Harm Homelessness Response: shelterforce.org/2025/06/27/h...

The number of people experiencing homelessness has grown between 2022-2024, according to data by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. Housing is a human right.

KYR: Cooling Ordinance If you live in a high rise, a building with more than 100 units, or a building for seniors your building must provide one freely available air-conditioned space when temperatures hit 80°F. www.chicago.gov/city/en/dept...

Trump's Attack on Housing and Rental Assistance Programs will greatly impact many tenants. Here's what you can do. Call your representatives: Dick Durbin: 202-224-2152 Tammy Duckworth: 312-886-3506 Script on second slide.

Chicago Cooling Centers and resources to stay cool this summer. Visit 311.chicago.gov or call 311 for more information

Good Cause/ Just Cause policies do not result in reduced new development and construction, new Research by the University of Minnesota’s Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA) shows.

Wednesday morning CPD was present upon the 9 am deadline for tenants at the building in 6116-34 S Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. "This is egregious and we only have questions for the city and landlord and property management company which has refused to answer questions"- Peter Dorman, MTO

Urge the DOB and @mayorofchicago.bsky.social to stop the displacement of the tenants at the building in the 6100 block of South King Drive. We need a resolutions to keep these families from homelessness.

2-DAY NOTICE TO VACATE: MTO is currently working with tenants affected. We need Just Cause for Eviction Ordinances!

HOUSING FAIR- Saturday June 14, 9:30 am - 2 pm FÉRIA DE VIVIENDA- Sábado, 14 de Junio, 9:30- 2 pm REGISTER/ REGISTRE EN LINE: www.eventbrite.com/e/northside-...

What Does Centering Native Justice Require? A New Report Has Answers - nonprofitquarterly.org/what-does-ce...

Trump Administration Releases FY26 Budget Request w/ Historic Cuts to HUD Programs – Take Action! 🔗 nlihc.quorum.us/campaign/109...

MTO is at the Northwest Center housing event.

The growing gap in Single- and Multifamily Rental Prices from 2017-2024. Lift the Ban Now! Rents are too high!

Join the team! Upcoming Volunteer Hotline Training! Saturday June 7, 10:30 am. REGISTER HERE: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

In Chicago, rent control is banned due to the Rent Control Preemption Act of 1997. The Lift the Ban On Rent Control Ordinance allows for affordable housing in times where wages continue to stagger and puts control in the hands of the community. Learn more about Lift the Ban: ltbcoalition.org

They're a great organization! (They not only helped me and other tenants in Beverly a few years ago, but I'm also proud to be one of their community navigators!)

From price-gouging to eviction moratoriums, tenants across the country are advocating for protections against greed in the time of crisis from natural disasters. Everyone deserves safe and affordable housing.

Hello, we are the Metropolitan Tenants Organization. We are tenants' rights advocates educating, organizing, and empowering tenants to exercise their human right to affordable and safe housing!