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Kenwood Neighbors Sue Mac Properties After Holiday Power Outage Displaced Them For Weeks
The lawsuit alleges the property manager of the Algonquin apartments was negligent in installing unauthorized electric window heaters that blew the power to two buildings on Christmas Eve.
200 Kenwood Residents Displaced Since Christmas Eve After Landlord’s Unapproved Heaters Caused Power Outage, City Says
The electric units Mac Properties installed without permits at the Algonquin apartments blew a transformer during the recent winter storm, freezing the buildings and forcing them to close indefinitely, officials said.
No Closer To Rent Relief, Hyde Park Residents Gather To ‘Evict’ Landlord Mac Properties
For months, residents of Mac Properties buildings say they've asked the landlord for help with rent amid the coronavirus pandemic. But their pleas have been ignored, they said.
Hyde Park Landlords Are Still Moving To Evict Tenants During Coronavirus Shutdown
TLC Property Management filed 38 eviction complaints in Chicago since the beginning of April, while Mac Properties filed 11 since March 5.
Hyde Park Landlord Forces Tenants Who Need Rent Relief To Sign Nondisclosure Agreements
If you lost income due to the coronavirus crisis and want to negotiate with Mac Properties, you also have to promise not to say anything bad about the landlord in public.
Hyde Park Tenants Say Mac Properties Is ‘Stonewalling’ Renters Who Need Relief, Stage Rent Strike
Mac is "not a mom-and-pop landlord" and can afford to forgive rent while still paying its employees, one community organizer said.
With Rent Strike Looming, Mac Properties Offers Options To Struggling Tenants But Won’t Forgive Rent
The major Hyde Park landlord said tenants can enter a payment plan, transfer to a cheaper apartment or pursue "a path to lease termination."
Hyde Park Tenants Might Stage Rent Strike If Mac Properties Doesn’t Cancel April Rents
"There's an upswing in people's willingness to talk about rent strikes because people are literally in an emergency," one organizer said.