Saturday, September 25th: the Rents Rights Expo
Learn about bed bugs, credit repair, foreclosure, repair issues, housing subsidies and more. Come join us Saturday September 25th from 9am- 2pm at Truman College, 1145 W. Wilson Ave., for the cities...
View ArticleMTO hotline caller featured in the Chicago Tribune
In late August, an Albany Park household contacted MTO’s hotline regarding bed bugs in their unit. After door knocking the entire building, an MTO organizer discovered that many of the renters in the...
View ArticleBed Bugs – FAQ
What are bed bugs? Bed bugs are small, wingless insects that feed on the blood of warm-blooded animals. Bed bugs prefer human blood, but can also feed on pets if people aren’t present. Are bed bugs...
View ArticleBed Bug Workshop – Dec 2nd, 2010 – No RSVP needed
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010 6:00pm to 7:30pm Garfield Park Conservatory 300 N. Central Park, Chicago A bed bug expert from the Metropolitan Tenants Organization will tell you what bed bugs look like,...
View ArticleThose pesky bedbugs won’t rest: Chicago Tribune
Bedbugs have made the leap from apartments and homes to some of Chicago’s downtown office buildings and government headquarters. And late last month, a “government office in the Loop” brought in Meron...
View ArticleBed Bug Seminar & Cosi Sandwiches: Thursday, Jan 20th at 6pm
MTO will be hosting a Bed Bug Workshop at the Chicago Urban League (4510 S. Michigan) on Thursday, Jan 20th from 6 to 8pm. Free parking is available. Sandwiches and refreshments will be served,...
View ArticleWhen Bed Bugs Attack
Bed bugs have returned, invading our hospitals, hotels, public transportation, and most unsettling of all, our homes. While bed bugs do not transmit disease, bed bugs have proven to be a serious...
View ArticleStand Up Against the Eviction of a Tenant for having Bed Bugs
On Thursday, June 23rd, please join the Metropolitan Tenants Organization at a rally supporting a YMCA senior, disabled resident, Alonzo Carter. Alonzo is a member of the Emil Jones Tenant Council in a...
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