Renters Have Raised Alarm About Notorious Ravenswood Apartments For Decades. Can The City Help?

Source block-club-chicago
Original Load Date Nov. 12, 2026, 10 a.m.
Last Updated Nov. 12, 2026, 10 a.m.
Original URL https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/11/12/renters-have-raised-alarm-about-notorious-ravenswood-apartment-building-for-decades-can-the-city-help-them/

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RAVENSWOOD — Handmade signs displayed in the windows of a Ravenswood apartment building’s first-floor unit issued warnings to would-be renters from May until the middle of last month: “No hot water,” “Mice inside,” “IL Landlord Retaliation Act.” The declarations, written on poster board, also broad...