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SO PUSHING TO ABOUT 58 AT
LUNCHTIME WFTV RAIN MOVING IN.
THE HIGHLIGHT OF THIS JIM IN
THE AFTERNOON TOMORROW.
THANK YOU, MARY KAY.
NEW CONSENSUS DATA THIS
WEEK SHOWS COOK COUNTY WITH THE
LARGEST POPULATION DROP IN THE
COUNTRY.
SOME PEOPLE SAY RISING COSTS
ARE DRIVING THEM AWAY.
IN ONE FASHIONABLE CHICAGO
NEIGHBORHOOD, LONG-TIME
RESIDENTS ARE FIGHTING TO STAY
THERE.
CBS 2'S SANDRA TORRES COVERED
THEIR PROTEST.
FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!
A THOUSAND YEAR'S OF HUMAN
RIGHTS.
IN THE HEART OF LOGAN
SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I HAVE TO TRY.
I CAN'T DO NOTHING.
Reporter:
THEY CALL THIS PLACE HOME.
AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THEIR
LANDLORDS KNOW.
I LIVE HERE ALMOST FIVE
YEARS.
Reporter:
SUN OF THE EVERY BUILDINGS OWN
I BY THE COMPANY.
TENANT RECEIVED INCREASES OF
RENT INCREASES RANGING FROM
$300-$600 A MONTH.
WHEN I FIRST MOVED IT $657
AND $1095 WHAT THEY ARE ASKING
AND NO LONGER INCLUDING
UTILITIES.
Reporter:
THE GROUP SAYS THEY ARE SEEING
A PATTERN, TENANTS GETTING
PRICED OUT OF THEIR
NEIGHBORHOODS.
DEVELOPERS ARE BUYING UP
BUILDINGS, RAISING RENT SO HIGH
THAT PEOPLE CAN NO LONGER PAY
THESE RENTS AND BASICALLY THEY
ARE DOING A FORCEDDED EVICTION.
ESPECIALLY IN LOGAN SQUARE,
A COMMUNITY THAT HAS
TRANSFORMED IN THE LAST DECADES
WITH THRIVING DEVELOPMENTS MAKE
IT A DESIRABLE, BUT
INCREASINGLY EXPENSIVE PLACE TO
LIVE.
I DO SEE IMPROVEMENT TO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THERE IS NO DOUBT.
THAT IS NOT WHAT MAKES THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD GREAT.
BUT WHAT MAKES IT GREAT A VERY
SOLID COMMUNITY.
Reporter:
THEY TOLD THE GROUP THE RENT
INCREASE IS KEY TO MAKE
IMPROVEMENTS.
THESE TENANTS SAY THE MONEY
DOESN'T ADD UP.
I JUST WANT A REASONABLE
RENT INCREASE.
I WOULD BE WILLING TO PAY $100-
150, BUT $360 FOR A FUMTIME
STUDENT IS RIDICULOUS.