‘We’re on the front lines of gentrification’: Beverly tenants protest mass eviction in six-building complex
Alan Crotty holds a sign while demonstrating with boxes and luggage outside his apartment building in the 10300 block of South Walden Parkway on July 19, 2023, in Chicago. Residents of the apartment building, managed by Levav Properties, have been told they have until the end of September to move out of their units.
Gordon Dymowski, center, talks with his neighbors outside their apartment building in the 10300 block of South Walden Parkway on July 19, 2023, in Chicago. Residents of the apartment building, managed by Levav Properties, have been told they have until the end of September to move out of their units.
Ald. Matt O'Shea, 19th, greets a resident after a rally and protest in the courtyard of an apartment building in the 10300 block of South Walden Parkway on July 19, 2023, in Chicago. O’Shea Neighbors United is also demanding good-faith negotiations — carried out in a group — between Levav and those tenants who want to stay. This includes assurance of “reasonable” rent hikes.
Whitehead was among a handful of residents who Levav had planned to evict on August 1. She said she doesn’t want her daughter, now a college graduate, to be forced to look elsewhere for safe harbor. Allowing property developers to legally evict and displace hundreds of people without public outcry — or city pushback — sets a dangerous precedent for unjust treatment of renters, Sigcho-Lopez said.Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez, 25th, addresses residents and housing advocates during a rally and protest in the courtyard of an apartment building in the 10300 block of South Walden Parkway on July 19, 2023, in Chicago.
South Walden residents, who now face “a multitude of disruptions” from financial burdens to emotional distress, are a prime example of why Chicago fair housing advocates are still working to bring back just cause legislation, DeAssis-Collins said.
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