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

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

CHICAGO — Aldermen took a step Wednesday toward giving themselves the power to ban Airbnb and other short-term rentals from opening in their wards. The City Council’s License and Consumer ...