Chicago’s existing law allows short-term rentals to be blocked only when 25% of a precinct’s registered voters sign a ...

The rental companies could overturn the bans by collecting signatures from 10% of the precinct voters, around 150 to 200 ...

A new ordinance would let aldermen block short-term rentals by precinct, reversing the current system. Airbnb says the plan ...

Aldermen might gain sweeping new control over short-term rentals under an ordinance that would let them ban short-term ...

If the full City Council approves, alderpeople could ban new vacation rentals in individual precincts. The onus to gather ...

CHICAGO — Aldermen took a step Wednesday toward giving themselves the power to ban Airbnb and other short-term rentals from opening in their wards. The City Council’s License and Consumer ...

A proposed ordinance would allow alderpeople to ban Airbnb and other rentals on a precinct-by-precinct basis. Opponents say ...

Shamus Toomey, Editor in Chief and co-founder of Block Club Chicago, joins Bob Sirott to share the latest Chicago neighborhood stories. Shamus has details on: Could Alderpeople Soon Have The Power ...

RIPPLE EFFECT: Thousands of demonstrators marched through downtown Chicago on Tuesday, stopping traffic in the Loop and along ...