Study Finds No Relationship Between Housing Choice Vouchers and Increased Crime Rates 19 Aug 2013 | 09:57 pm

A recent study, conducted by Professor Michael C. Lens at UCLA’s Department of Urban Planning and published in Urban Studies, finds that there is no correlation between the number of voucher holders r...

A recent note from a Chicago Tenant 15 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm

UPDATE: Keep Chicago Renting Ordinance Passed By City Council 9 Aug 2013 | 01:28 am

In the wake of the foreclosure crisis, community groups from the Keep Chicago Renting coalition, comprised of 13 labor, community and policy groups successfully worked for passage of the Keep Chicago ...

Chicago Council passes Bed Bug Ordinance 16 Jul 2013 | 10:44 pm

The City of Chicago has recently been named the nation’s #1 city infested with bed bugs.  Everyday MTO’s tenants’ rights hotline receives calls from renters throughout the City and suburbs dealing wit...

MTO Launches 2013 Bowl-a-MANIA! 8 Jun 2013 | 02:36 am

Participate in Bowl-a-MANIA 2013! On August 24, 2013, from 3:00pm to 6:00pm at the Diversey River Bowl located at 2211 W. Diversey; MTO Board, staff members and friends will participate in the 26th An...

“The Link Between Lead Poisoning and Underperforming Students” Chicago Reader feature story 30 May 2013 | 09:17 pm

With mounting evidence that lead poisoning results in lower test scores, more children repeating grades, and worse, why has so little been done in Chicago to reverse the damage? By: Megan Cottrell – C...

Hotline Volunteer Training: June 8 10 May 2013 | 02:14 am

Are you interested in helping others?  Doing something positive with your free time?  Being an advocate for social justice?  Learning about current landlord/tenant issues and laws?  Join us for a tena...

County Votes to End Discrimination 9 May 2013 | 09:11 pm

On May 8, 2013 the Cook County Board of Commissioners, in a landmark vote to end discriminatory housing practices throughout Suburban Cook County, voted to pass the Source of Income Amendment to the C...

MTO Celebrates Past Success and Inspires for the Future 27 Apr 2013 | 02:08 am

Friends, activists and dignitaries packed the upstairs lounge at Revolution Brewing for Metropolitan Tenants Organization’s annual Renters’ Spring Celebration. This year’s celebration commemorated the...

Ms. Rose Green awarded Ralph Scott Award for Tenant Leadership 13 Apr 2013 | 12:20 am

It is most fitting that the 2nd Annual Ralph Scott Award for Tenant Leadership will go to Rose Green, president of Rogers Park-based New Directions for Change, an organization which works on issues of...