It's an inglorious end to an infamous era: the two remaining families in Cabrini Green have been ordered by a federal judge to leave their home at 1230 N. Burling within 10 days. The two families, who were among seven still living at the Burling high rise, backed out of a plan to move out of the building yesterday when moving trucks arrived to take them to their new, temporary homes provided by the Chicago Housing Authority. An attorney for resident Annie Ricks said the new housing was unacceptable for her family of seven, saying the windows to the house were boarded up and it was located in a crime-ridden neighborhood. more ›

For the second time in two years, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart announced that his department will not act upon foreclosure evictions related to Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase and GMAC/Ally Financial until those three financial institutions can provide affidavits stating that each of the foreclosures were examined and that there are no problems with them. more ›

In the final chapter of the ongoing Tom Dart Eviction Saga, Sheriff Dart has said that with the new court procedures in place, he will resume evictions on Monday. Dart hopes the new orders will ensure that the banks will properly notify rent-paying tenants of foreclosures on the buildings they live in. more ›

Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart announced that he would stop enforcing evictions of rent-paying tenants when the order is actually aimed at a landlord who are being foreclosed on for not paying their mortgage. In a column published in the Sun-Times, Dart wrote:

What isn't part of our job, however, is to carry out work on behalf of the multi-billion-dollar banks and mortgage industries. more ›