Four different NBOA members offered eloquent testimony during public testimony prior to Chicago City Council meetings on Wednesday and on Friday. We are thrilled that via lottery, the City Clerk selected four of our members…
On Thursday April 9th, Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi and Chief Valuation Officer Donald Meyers discussed the impact of the Covid crisis on our assessment process with Michael Glasser and Sam Goldman of the NBOA…
By: Mike Glasser, President, NBOA April 3, 2020 As members of the Neighborhood Building Owners Alliance, an organization of Chicagoans who own or manage many of the city’s small and midsized neighborhood rental properties,…
By: Mike Glasser, President, NBOA March 20, 2020 “The real estate industry is being clobbered by the coronavirus, and it’s going to get worse before it gets better.” Those are the words of Brad…
By: Mike Glasser, RPBG President Winter, 2020 I offer to you, my fellow property owners, an important New Year’s message: even if you don’t accept security deposits, you MUST still post on your leases…
By: Scott Post Owner of PW Disposal Service and RPBG Member I have been a member of RPBG since my good friend, Marty Max, talked me into coming to my first meeting at Devon…
The constant torrent of local and national news is distracting. It is also probably the reason you may not have heard about the newly formed Affordable Requirements Ordinance (ARO) Task Force. This announcement was made…
By: Steve Cain We are staring down the end of one year and the beginning of another – and not just any year. Twenty-twenty promises to be like no other, with an election looming…
Christina Rossetti Rent Stabilization and Rent control are becoming hot topics here in Illinois as various pieces of legislation are being drafted and proposed. What does it mean for landlords and tenants? The answer is…
Steve Cain Photo courtesy of Community Investment Corporation All too often, in Chicago and Cook County, local governments seem to believe that every housing problem can be solved by levying more costs on property owners…