Dueling renters protection measures slated for a City Council vote Tuesday
Chicago City Council is set to vote on two competing renter protection proposals this Tuesday. Alderman Gilbert Villegas scheduled the vote to force a decision on the long-debated ordinance updates.
Ald. Gilbert Villegas (36th) is turning up the heat on the battle over updating Chicago’s four-decade-old renters rights ordinance, scheduling a vote on dueling proposals at a special City Council meeting Tuesday despite his vows for “more dialogue” and compromise.By filing his intent with the Clerk’s office to call for a vote on both proposed ordinances, one of them crafted by him, Villegas is starting a clock on negotiations and signaling to his opposition that he believes his ordinance has…
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