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Men moving furniture

Nate Hudson, a driver with Chicago Furniture Bank, unloads a dresser for a pair of asylum seekers who are moving into an apartment in a North Side neighborhood on June 14, 2023.

Tessa Weinberg

Men moving furniture

Nate Hudson, a driver with Chicago Furniture Bank, unloads a dresser for a pair of asylum seekers who are moving into an apartment in a North Side neighborhood on June 14, 2023.

Tessa Weinberg

Navigating the rental market in Chicago

The median rent in Chicago is 8% higher than the national average, according to data from Apartment List.

Nate Hudson, a driver with Chicago Furniture Bank, unloads a dresser for a pair of asylum seekers who are moving into an apartment in a North Side neighborhood on June 14, 2023.

Tessa Weinberg

   

Chicagoans are facing rents that increased by 1.4% in the past month compared to the national rate of 0.4%. This is on top of application fees and various fees associated with moving.

Reset learns about the screening process and the pressures prospective tenants and landlords are under.

GUESTS: Michelle Gilbert, legal and policy director at Law Center for Better Housing

Michael Glasser, president of the Neighborhood Building Owners Alliance

Ahmadou Dramé, director of the Illinois Justice Project

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