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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Mark Brown

A year after South Side apartment residents asked a judge to address awful living conditions, it’s decision time

The city of Chicago and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development have joined residents of Ellis Lakeview Apartments, 4624 S. Ellis Ave., in asking that a court-appointed receiver take over the building. (Mengshin Lin / Sun-Times)

Chrishion Reed, a single mom with a 3-year-old daughter, has been sending me videos of the maintenance problems at her North Kenwood apartment.

Like the brownish water that mysteriously percolates up through her floor. And the mice.

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