Zoning Committee OK renter protections proposed by Mayor Johnson's Council foes
Chicago’s Zoning Committee approved a renter protection ordinance proposed by Mayor Brandon Johnson’s City Council opposition. The move follows the Housing Committee's recent approval of the mayor's own proposal. Both versions aim to establish protections for more than 600,000 renters while facing differing levels of support from real estate interests.
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s City Council opposition on Thursday strengthened its hand in the battle to determine how much protection Chicago will give to more than 600,000 renters.One day after the Council's Housing Committee narrowly approved Johnson’s watered-down ordinance — minus a “just cause” provision that would have required landlords to make relocation payments to evicted tenants — the Zoning Committee approved a rival version favored by some of the same real estate interests that blocked…
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