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Reporter @WBEZ, Chicago’s @NPR station. I cover race, class, work, housing, Asian American issues. Twitter noob. Email: ekang at wbez dot org

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As Airbnbs explode around the Obama Center, housing advocates say affordable units are disappearing Original

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By Esther Yoon-Ji Kang , Cam Rodriguez 
| Chicago Sun-Times
With the opening of the Obama Presidential Center, its leaders have long touted the potential tourism benefits the new building will bring to Chicago’s South Side, even encouraging residents to rent out rooms and homes over short-term rental platforms like Airbnb.
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Mayor Johnson to introduce measure to protect Chicago renters

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By Esther Yoon-Ji Kang 
| WBEZ-FM (Chicago, IL)
Mayor Brandon Johnson plans to introduce a sweeping ordinance that aims to protect the city’s renters from eviction and predatory practices. The “Protecting Renters Ordinance” seeks to update the city’s 40-year-old Residential Landlord Tenant Ordinance (RLTO), which oversees the legal rights and responsibilities of tenants and landlords.
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Más latinos están sin hogar en Illinois luego del transporte de migrantes por el gobernador de Texas Original

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By Esther Yoon-Ji Kang 
| La Voz Chicago
El mejor lugar para cobertura de noticias y cultura latina en Chicago. Las tasas de personas sin hogar entre los latinos en Illinois han aumentado en los últimos años, agravadas por el flujo de migrantes trasladados en autobuses a Chicago por el gobernador de Texas, según un nuevo informe. Sin embargo, los expertos están preocupados porque potencialmente docenas de miles de personas más sin vivienda permanente pasan desapercibidas.
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