We’re outside 3746 W Leland, where the Leland Autonomous Tenants Union is holding a press conference to demand that their landlords Brian and Jackie McFadden stop the eviction and negotiate with them.

Mass Displacement and the “Community Watch”

An excerpt from ATU’s membership handbook, released in 2019.

Mell lashes out at the grassroots housing movement she had previously been content to ignore.

Anti-evication caroling; Aldermanic town hall; Tactics Zine; Albany Park Defense Network

Media and government reliance on landlord and developer expertise for “affordable housing” issues skews the framing of the conversation so far in their favor that they can claim to be champions of affordability without offering a single unit within the reach of the poor and working classes.

“53 homes. Imagine them lined up as houses on the street. You’re basically moving a whole city block out of the neighborhood.”

Confronted with a concrete suggestion to triple subsidized rental stock in the city, Mell, with all the clout of an aldermanic office behind her, only said she wished she had a “magic wand” to stop displacement.

Language justice; Who’s Buying Chicago?; What is Affordable Housing?

Hey Arnold fundraiser; delegation and flyering; housing struggle; Horner Park tenants victory

Taking on the Eviction King of Albany Park

Take a tour of mass displacement in Albany Park, Chicago and watch our march against greedy developer Silver Properties.