Landlord Foreclosure Forces Tenant Family Of 10 Out Into The Cold

In Chicago, Illinois, WLS-TV Channel 7 reports:

• The foreclosure crisis has forced a Chicago couple and their eight children into homelessness. [...] The Chambers family said they were renting in a [3-unit] building in Chicago's Lawndale community. They say they were forced to leave their home when it was abandoned by the landlord as it fell into foreclosure.

• After the landlord walked away, [Antoinette] Chambers says the water pipes were stolen from the building, then the drug dealers showed and began to the occupy the porch area and a vacant apartment. "I tried to get some help from charity and the city and didn't get answers," Chambers said. Chambers says the city could not help because she was never served with official eviction papers.

• To make matters worse, last week, Chambers sent some of her kids to their aunt's home in Englewood for a hot meal and place to sleep. Twelve-year-old Dishawn ended up being shot in the arm.

For the story, see Foreclosure forces family of 10 out of home.

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