Landlords across the country have been empowered to act as a kind of police force in the name of crime prevention for decades. How? Through local “nuisance property” laws and “crime-free housing” ...

Landlords across the country have been empowered to act as a kind of police force in the name of crime prevention for decades. How? Through local “nuisance property” laws and “crime-free housing” ...

The city started crime-free housing in 2010, shortly before a state law the same year stipulated that cities must make such programs voluntary unless calls to the property exceed a "reasonable ...

A new investigation reveals how in some Illinois cities, a simple 911 call can get renters evicted. An investigation by The New York Times and the Illinois Answers Project shows that many cities in ...

The laws were promoted as a way to clear out violent criminals, drug dealers and nuisance tenants who made life miserable for their neighbors. But an investigation by The New York Times and the ...

In some Illinois cities, shoplifting, calling 911 too many times or even being a victim of a crime can get you kicked out of your home. By Sidnee King Pineda Photographs by Jamie Kelter Davis Sidnee ...

The Sunnyside City Council on Monday formally ended its crime-free rental housing program, which has been dormant since a lawsuit challenging it in 2019. Then-Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed the ...