A tenant union representing 150 residents across four buildings in Rogers Park has approved a rent strike to begin Saturday after a new owner announced a spike of several hundred dollars in monthly fees.

Threatened with eviction, the residents — mostly Hispanic and Latino families that have lived in the North Side buildings for decades — have also joined calls from tenant unions for Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to establish a blanket eviction moratorium in the city as immigration enforcement activities ramp up under the Trump administration. The state implemented a similar measure during the COVID-19 pandemic from March 2020 to October 2021.

“This fight is happening in a moment of deep crisis,” said Juan Reyes, an organizer with the All-Chicago Tenant A

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