Kayce T. Ataiyero
Chicago Tribune
May 14, 2009
If you’re a renter, there are some things you should know if your landlord is facing or in foreclosure. Among them:
–Even if you’re current on paying your rent, you can be evicted if the landlord has lost the property due to foreclosure.
John Bartlett, executive director of the Metropolitan Tenants Organization, said he has seen figures suggesting that roughly half of the Chicago-area families who are displaced due to foreclosure are renters. Tenants have no right to stay in a property once a landlord loses ownership, …

Chicago Sun-Times
Ed Sacks
May 17, 2009
Q.  My apartment is not safe.  I almost got attacked by a stranger hiding behind the stairway.  Both front and back gates don’t lock, so anyone from the street can just walk right up to my door.  The intercom is rusted and not working.
Twice someone knocked at my door and hid.  A couple of days later, someone climbed up and looked through my window.  Somebody broke into my boyfriend’s car, too.
I am so scared that I am staying with a friend.  I’ve shown my landlord the …