METROPOLITAN TENANTS ORGANIZATION To educate, organize and empower tenants to have a voice in the decisions that affect the affordability and availability of decent and safe housing.

Due to a recent decision by the Illinois Appellate Court, in the eviction courts in Chicago, it was formerly standard-operating-procedure that if a tenant failed to pay Court ordered "Use and Occupany" (Essentially rent during the pendency of an eviction case), that the Court would evict the tenant; however, this court case changes that procedure.

Now, if the tenant is NOT able to financially pay the Court ordered Use and Occupancy, then the Court can NOT evict the tenant....