Source: In These Times
by Rebecca Burns
“Most of the milestones of Anay Herrera’s adult life have taken place within walking distance of the apartment complex in Chicago’s Buena Park neighborhood where she’s lived for more than two decades. All five of her children were born at a nearby hospital and attended the elementary school down the street, where her two youngest, twins, are now in kindergarten. She took computer and GED classes at the local community college and now works part-time as a cashier at a restaurant a few blocks away. She’s come to know almost all of her neighbors, some of whose children have grown up with hers, and invites them over for homemade pozole and tinga. It’s hard for Herrera to imagine living anywhere else. But in February, she returned home to a notice informing her that she’d need to vacate her apartment within four months.” (05/19/25)
https://inthesetimes.com/article/chicago-rent-strike-tenants-unions-gentrification