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>> FOR 14 MONTHS THERE'S BEEN A

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BAN ON EVICTIONS HERE IN

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ILLINOIS AND THAT IS SET TO

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CHANGE LATER THIS SUMMER.

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AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US FOR A

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LOOK AT HOUSING IN THE

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PANDEMIC'S QUOTE-UNQUOTE BRIDGE

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PHASE.

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WHAT DID YOU FIND OUT?

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>> WELL, PARIS THAT BAN ON

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EVICTIONS HAS TAKEN VARIOUS

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FORMS FROM A TOTAL PROHIBITION

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TO NOW WHERE EVICTIONS ARE ONLY

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ALLOWED IN THE STRICTEST OF

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CIRCUMSTANCES LIKE WHEN A JUDGE

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DEEMS SOMEBODY TO BE A DANGEROUS

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THREAT.

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>> SO THERE ARE LIMITED

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EXCEPTIONS TO THE MORATORIUM.

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THE PROBLEM IS THAT WHILE THE

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MORATORIUM PREVENTED EVICTIONS

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WHICH IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND

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THAT'S REALLY PUBLIC HEALTH

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ISSUE, IT HAS NOT RELIEVED

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TENANTS OF THE RESPONSIBILITY TO

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PAY THE RENT THAT HAS BEEN

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ACCRUING.

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THEY STILL HAVE THAT DEBT.

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>> LAWRENCE WOOD IS AN ATTORNEY

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WITH THE LEGAL AID CHICAGO'S

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HOUSING PRACTICE GROUP AND HE

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SAYS THAT A NEW STATE PROGRAM IS

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GOING TO GO A LONG WAY THERE.

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ILLINOIS IS GOING TO SPEND $1.5

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BILLION OF FEDERAL MONEY TO

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PAYBACK RENT OWED BY RESIDENTS

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OF LIMITED MEANS, PRIORITY TO

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THOSE UNEMPLOYED AND THEIR

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LANDLORDS APPLY ON THE LINE AND

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THE MONEY GOES STRAIGHT TO THE

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LANDLORDS.

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MICHAEL MINI REPRESENTS

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CHICAGOLAND R LANDLORDS AND SAYS

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THAT IS GOING TO HELP TO PREVENT

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A HUGE WAVE OF EVICTIONS ONCE

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THAT MORATORIUM IS LIFTED.

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>> WE REALLY DON'T THINK THAT

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THERE IS GOING TO BE THIS WHAT

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HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A TSUNAMI

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OF EVICTIONS ONCE THE MORATORIUM

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ENDS.

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>> BUT WOOD SAID THIS PROGRAM

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HAS LIMITATIONS.

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>> FIRST OF ALL WE DON'T KNOW IF

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25,000 DOLLARS IS GOING TO

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SATISFY THE DEBT.

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PEOPLE HAVE NOT BEEN PAYING RENT

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SINCE THE PANDEMIC STARTED BACK

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IN MARCH.

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>> PAUL ARENA REPRESENTS SMALL

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AND MEDIUM SIZED LANDLORDS AND

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WHEN I ASKED HIM WHETHER THIS

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NEW RELIEF PROGRAM IS THE CURE

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HE DID NOT HESITATE TO TELL ME

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NO.

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HE POINTS TO A COUPLE FIRST TIME

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LANDLORDS RENTING TO PEOPLE WHO

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STOPPED PAYING RENT BEFORE THE

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PANDEMIC.

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AND THEN THE EVICTION MORATORIUM

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KICKED IN BEFORE THEY COULD DO

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ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

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THE RELIEF MONEY IS ONLY

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SUPPOSED TO COVER RENTERS WITH

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COVID-RELATED HARDSHIPS.

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SO THEY MAY NOT QUALIFY EVEN

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THOUGH THEY HAD TO ABIDE BY THE

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EVICTION BAN.

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TENANTS HAVE TO COOPERATE WITH

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LANDLORDS TO APPLY FOR THE

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FUNDING.

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>> IF A TENANT JUST MOVES OUT,

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RIGHT, SAY THEY STAY FOR A YEAR

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AND JUST MOVE OUT, THERE'S NO

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ASSISTANCE FOR THOSE LANDLORDS.

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THEY HAVE NO OPTION RIGHT NOW.

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SO THERE IS A WHOLE LIST OF

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THINGS THAT AREAS WHERE THERE

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ARE OBVIOUS DEFICIENCIES IN THE

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PROGRAMS THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED.

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>> WHEN GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER

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ANNOUNCED THIS PROGRAM, HE ALSO

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SAID THAT THE EVICTION

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MORATORIUM IS GOING TO COME TO

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AN END THIS SUMMER BEING PHASED

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OUT AND STOPPING IN AUGUST.

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MICHAEL MINI SAYS THIS IS

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WELCOME AND SENSIBLE NEWS FOR

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LANDLORDS.

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HE SAYS EVICTIONS SHOULD BE A

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LAST RESORT BUT HE HOPES THAT

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PRITZKER WILL LOOSEN THE

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CONDITIONS SO THAT EVICTIONS ARE

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ALLOWED IN CIRCUMSTANCES

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UNRELATED TO COVID AND

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NONPAYMENT.

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>> TO ALLOW FOR CASES TO MOVE

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FORWARD, AGAINST RESIDENTS THAT

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ARE AGAIN, BREAKING THE RULES,

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WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, CAUSING

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PROBLEMS, BEING A DANGER TO

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OTHER RESIDENTS OF THE

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BUILDING...

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>> NORTH SUBURBAN LEGAL AID

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CLINIC'S DIRECTOR OF HOUSING LAW

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PRACTICE MAUREEN SIMS SAYS SHE

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WORKS THROUGH A LOT OF PEOPLE

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WHO HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO PAY

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THEIR RENT AND NOW SHE SAYS IT

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IS IMPORTANT THAT ILLINOIS BE

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MINDFUL BEFORE COMPLETELY

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LIFTING THAT BAN.

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>> WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE

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THAT ALL OF THIS MONEY THAT IS

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OUT THERE TO PROVIDE RENTAL

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ASSISTANCE GETS DISTRIBUTED

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FULLY BEFORE THE MORATORIUM IS

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LIFTED.

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AND YOU KNOW, THE ON-LINE

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APPLICATION PROCESS DOES TAKE

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SOMETIME BEFORE IT IS APPROVED

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AND THE MONEY IS DISTRIBUTED.

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>> MEANWHILE, THE GOVERNOR ALSO

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SIGNING A LAW THAT SEALS

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EVICTIONS RECORDS FROM MARCH OF

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2020 WHEN THE PANDEMIC BEGAN

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THROUGH MARCH OF NEXT YEAR.

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SO 2022.

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KIM SAYS THIS IS AN IMPORTANT

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PROTECTION SO THAT A HUGE NUMBER

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OF TENANTS WILL NOT BE

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BLACKLISTED FROM FUTURE

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APARTMENTS.

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>> WE ARE FILING OF AN EVICTION

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CASE GOES ON A TENANT'S

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SCREENING REPORT AND A FUTURE

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LANDLORD WILL SEE THAT AND NOT

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WANT TO RENT TO THEM.

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>> NOW, ARENA SAYS TAKE IT FROM

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A LANDLORD'S PERSPECTIVE.

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>> THEY ARE DESTROYING THE

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CREDIT OF THE LANDLORDS.

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THE LANDLORDS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN

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ABLE TO PAY THEIR BILLS BECAUSE

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THEY HAD NO INCOME THEIR CREDIT

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IS GOING TO BE WRECKED BUT

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NOBODY IS WORRIED ABOUT THEIR

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RECORDS.

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SO THIS WHOLE APPROACH HAS BEEN

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SO ONE-SIDED IT'S FRUSTRATING.

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>> AND HE SAYS THAT IF YOU DON'T

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HAVE LANDLORDS PROVIDING HOUSING

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OPPORTUNITIES THAT THAT IS GOING

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TO CAUSE ANOTHER CRISIS A

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FURTHER LACK OF AFFORDABLE

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HOUSING.

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WE COULD SEE SOME MORE HOUSING