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July 23, 2025

Chicago Tenant Union Continues Rent Strike to Fight Evictions
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In Chicago, a tenant union is continuing its rent strike as they fight
their evictions. The Belden Sawyer Tenant Association in May sued
landlord Drew Millard and property management company 33 Realty, which
earlier this year sought to turn the tenants' apartments into luxury
properties - refusing to renew existing leases and retaliating against
tenants who say the landlord has ignored serious maintenance and other
housing issues in order to push them out of their homes. This is one of
the rent strike leaders.

Anay Herrera: "My name is Anay Herrera. We've been on a rent strike for
four months because they want to evict us from the building. We have
been victim of harassment and discrimination for being Mexicans. There
have been threats. We even have people coming to knock on our doors,
sometimes armed, and there are kids here. That's why we're suing Andrew
Millard and his company, 33 Realty."



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