US EditionChicago landlord ordered to pay over $80K for threatening to call ICE on tenant in 2020
- A judge ordered a Chicago landlord to pay $80,000 to former tenants after a threat to call ICE during a dispute in June 2020, according to court documents.
- This case is the first judgment under Illinois's 2019 Immigrant Tenant Protection Act, according to the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
- Susana Sandoval Vargas of MALDEF stated that Illinois landlords cannot use immigration enforcement threats against tenants.
- Thomas A. Saenz, president of MALDEF, mentioned that this decision provides justice against threats from landlords using federal authority.
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By Sarah Betancourt If you would like to read this article in English visit GBH News. It seemed like a normal morning when Yhoana Zapata was unpacking articles in El Cambio Latino, the warehouse and money transfer service where she works in the Orient Heights section in East Boston. Then, a group of people who had been watching discreetly outside came in. Zapata asked them if they needed a money order from a safe booth. According to Zapata, they…
Landlords Fined $80K for Threatening to Call ICE on Chicago Tenants
An Illinois circuit court judge has ordered Chicago landlords to pay former tenants $80,000 after they threatened to report the tenants to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in June 2020. The decision is the first under the state’s 2019 Immigrant Tenant Protection Act (ITPA), which prohibits landlords from using a tenant’s immigration status to harass or intimidate them. Source
Ald. Yancy's office knew for months about complaints regarding slumlord
Alderman Desmond Yancy’s office for months received calls from tenants battling a South Shore slumlord while living in unsanitary conditions, without water and heat, the Chicago Crusader has learned. For the first time since May, when the Crusader began reporting on slumlord CKO Real Estate, Yancy held a closed-door meeting on Monday, March 3, with […]
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