In Chicago, a tenant union is continuing its rent strike as they fight their evictions. In May the group Fuerzas Inquilinos be Broadway y Cuyler sued landlord Drew Millard and property management company 33 Realty, which earlier this year sought to turn the tenants’ apartments into luxury properties — refusing to renew existing leases and retaliating against tenants who say the landlord has ignored serious maintenance and other housing issues in order to push them out of their homes. This is one of the rent strike leaders.

Anay Herrera: “My name is Anay Herrera. We’ve been on a rent strike for four months because they want to evict us from the building. We have been victim of harassment and discrimination for being Mexicans. There have been threats. We even have people coming to knock on our doors, sometimes armed, and there are kids here. That’s why we’re suing Andrew Millard and his company, 33 Realty.”