Richard F. Mell

Will Emanuel OK a Mell for Mell swap?

2013-06-10 16:32:07

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Foreclosed rental tenant payment cut under proposal

2013-05-30 12:09:00

Tenants in foreclosed rental buildings could receive $10,600 in relocation expenses -- not the originally considered $12,000 -- if they move, under a substitute ordinance passed Thursday by a City Council committee. Other than the change in relocation...

City Council adopts rules to protect renters in foreclosures

2013-06-05 13:39:00

The Chicago City Council voted 45-4 Wednesday to adopt a Keep Chicago Renting ordinance that will require most entities that take ownership of foreclosed rental buildings to offer legitimate tenants rent-controlled leases for as long as they own the...

Protect renters in foreclosures

2013-05-03 00:00:00

The article on April 25 by Mary Ellen Podmolik and Hal Dardick, “Foreclosure building plan would offer renters $12,000 to move,” did a good job of laying out the basics of the Keep Chicago Renting ordinance and its impact on banks. We agree...

City panel OKs measure that adds protections for renters in foreclosed buildings

2013-05-02 00:00:00

A Chicago City Council committee Wednesday passed a measure that would give additional protections to renters in foreclosed buildings, but the proposed ordinance will be held in committee until June 5. Under the proposal adopted by the council's Housing...

Crime rises in abandoned buildings, vacant lots

2013-05-01 00:00:00

Community groups expected to voice their support Wednesday for a proposed ordinance designed to protect or compensate displaced tenants in foreclosed rental buildings have a new set of figures to sway opponents. More than 2,600 crimes were reported in...

Aldermen seek to help Emanuel keep ethics campaign pledge

2013-04-25 12:09:00

A group of self-styled reform aldermen said Thursday they want to help Mayor Rahm Emanuel live up to his campaign pledge to give the city’s top corruption buster unfettered access to city documents, though it’s unclear whether the push will...

Foreclosure building plan would offer Chicago renters $12,000 to move

2013-04-25 00:00:00

Lenders that repossess rental buildings in Chicago — or anyone who buys a rental building at a court-ordered foreclosure auction — would have to pay tenants $12,000 per unit to move or offer them rent-controlled extended leases until the...

Defeated judges find way back to bench

2012-12-23 00:00:00

The Illinois Supreme Court in the past year kept seven politically connected judges on the Cook County bench after they were rejected by voters, a common practice the high court had pledged to curtail. One had given more than $20,000 to the Cook County...

City Council approves $4.1 million settlement of Chicago police misconduct case

2013-02-13 13:51:00

The Chicago City Council today voted to pay more than $5.4 million to settle three legal cases, including two involving alleged police misconduct. In the most high-profile case, $4.1 million will be paid to the family of Flint Farmer, an unarmed man who...

Chicago aldermen balk at more ethics oversight

2013-02-07 12:54:00

Chicago aldermen today balked at an ethics reform bill proposed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, even after the mayor agreed to heavily dilute provisions after City Council members fretted about the potential use of anonymous complaints for political retribution....

Emanuel to accept online applications for Ald. Sandi Jackson successor

2013-01-16 18:31:00

Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Wednesday night that he will accept online applications from people who want to succeed former 7th Ward Ald. Sandi Jackson and ask a committee to winnow the field of contenders. The web site will be up Friday and the panel will...

33rd ward Alderman Richard Mell at a Chicago City council meeting in April.

2013-04-10 00:00:00

Ald. Richard Mell, 33rd, speaks about the 2013 budget before a vote during a Chicago City Council meeting at City Hall in Chicago in November 2012.

2012-11-15 00:00:00

Alderman Richard Mell, 33rd, along with fellow aldermen, joins neighborhood groups at City Hall to demand that banks keep renters, who are paid up in their rent, in foreclosed buildings. Mell introduced an ordinance in the City Council.

2012-07-25 00:00:00