Chicago City Wire

Liberty Justice Center files lawsuit against City of Chicago over home-sharing ordinance

By Kory Oswald | Jun 14, 2018

The Liberty Justice Center has filed a lawsuit against the City of Chicago for its new ordinance that targets home-sharers by levying fines, new taxes and other potential punitive measures for renting homes to non-residents.

New Chicago ordinance cracks down on home-sharing

By Kory Oswald | Jun 14, 2018

Some Chicago residents could face pre-revolutionary British-styled tactics of high fines, taxation and unreasonable home searches by the government thanks to a new city ordinance signed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel earlier this month.