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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Airbnb said that as a result of the party ban it received a 44% year-over-year global drop in the rate of party complaints, with more success in Illinois, where there were 72% fewer reports.

and violence – that is what is behind the City of Chicago's new ban on one-night rentals. The ban was applied to Airbnb and other short-term property hosts with a unanimous City Council vote on ...

Airbnb is ramping up its own measures to stymie house parties, but a ban on single-night stays in Chicago — and elsewhere, if other jurisdictions enact similar measures —would be a blow to ...